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Recognised as Colour

#292F8D

  • #292F8D
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#292F8D is a blue with RGB values 41, 47, 141 and HSL 236°, 55%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#292F8D#292F8D
HEX#292F8D
RGBrgb(41, 47, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.1843, 0.5529
RGB percentages16.1%, 18.4%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(236.4, 54.9%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.4, 70.9%, 55.3%)
CMYK70.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,699,149
CSS custom property--colour: #292F8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.14:1
Contrast with white11.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#D6D072

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004090no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#00378Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#004859no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.1Slate blue · ΔE 21.7Indigo · ΔE 22.1Navy · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D8729
Analogous#29618D, #55298D
Triadic#8D292F, #2F8D29
Split complementary#8D5529, #618D29
Tetradic#8D2961, #8D8729, #298D55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9FA3E3
Lighter +30%#777DD8
Lighter +20%#5057CC
Lighter +10%#343CB5
Darker −10%#1E2265
Darker −20%#12153E
Darker −30%#070716
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#121BA4
Less saturated −25%#404376

Channel breakdown

R41
G47
B141
Red41 (16.1%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue236.4°
Saturation (HSL)54.95%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 2F · B 8D

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