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Recognised as Colour

#32218B

  • #32218B
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#32218B is a blue with RGB values 50, 33, 139 and HSL 250°, 62%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#32218B#32218B
HEX#32218B
RGBrgb(50, 33, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.1294, 0.5451
RGB percentages19.6%, 12.9%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(249.6, 61.6%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.6, 76.3%, 54.5%)
CMYK64%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,285,387
CSS custom property--colour: #32218B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.17:1
Contrast with white12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#CDDE74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00398Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003289no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#003F54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.7Indigo · ΔE 13Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.2Navy · ΔE 15.4Dark blue · ΔE 18.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7A8B21
Analogous#21458B, #67218B
Triadic#8B3221, #218B32
Split complementary#8B6721, #458B21
Tetradic#8B2145, #7A8B21, #218B67

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A093E5
Lighter +30%#7C69DC
Lighter +20%#5840D2
Lighter +10%#412BB4
Darker −10%#231762
Darker −20%#140D39
Darker −30%#06040F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#230CA0
Less saturated −25%#413675

Channel breakdown

R50
G33
B139
Red50 (19.6%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue249.62°
Saturation (HSL)61.63%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 21 · B 8B

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