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Recognised as Colour

#29397E

  • #29397E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#29397E is a blue with RGB values 41, 57, 126 and HSL 229°, 51%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#29397E#29397E
HEX#29397E
RGBrgb(41, 57, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.2235, 0.4941
RGB percentages16.1%, 22.4%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(228.7, 50.9%, 32.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.7, 67.5%, 49.4%)
CMYK67.5%, 54.8%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,701,694
CSS custom property--colour: #29397E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.6:1
Contrast with white10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#D6C681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C4380no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#004955no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 9.5Midnight blue · ΔE 19.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.7Slate blue · ΔE 31.2Royal blue · ΔE 33.3Steel blue · ΔE 35
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E6E29
Analogous#29637E, #44297E
Triadic#7E2939, #397E29
Split complementary#7E4429, #637E29
Tetradic#7E2963, #7E6E29, #297E44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#96A3DD
Lighter +30%#7082D0
Lighter +20%#4960C4
Lighter +10%#364AA4
Darker −10%#1C2858
Darker −20%#101631
Darker −30%#03050B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#142C93
Less saturated −25%#3E4669

Channel breakdown

R41
G57
B126
Red41 (16.1%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue228.71°
Saturation (HSL)50.9%
Lightness32.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 39 · B 7E

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