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Recognised as Colour

#32249D

  • #32249D
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#32249D is a blue with RGB values 50, 36, 157 and HSL 247°, 63%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#32249D#32249D
HEX#32249D
RGBrgb(50, 36, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.1412, 0.6157
RGB percentages19.6%, 14.1%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(246.9, 62.7%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.9, 77.1%, 61.6%)
CMYK68.2%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,286,173
CSS custom property--colour: #32249D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.2:1
Contrast with white11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#CDDB62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0040A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#00369Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00475Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 12.8Indigo · ΔE 13.5Dark blue · ΔE 13.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.7Midnight blue · ΔE 19.8Slate blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8F9D24
Analogous#24529D, #6F249D
Triadic#9D3224, #249D32
Split complementary#9D6F24, #529D24
Tetradic#9D2452, #8F9D24, #249D6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABA3EA
Lighter +30%#857AE0
Lighter +20%#6050D7
Lighter +10%#3F2EC6
Darker −10%#251A74
Darker −20%#18114A
Darker −30%#0A0721
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1F0CB5
Less saturated −25%#453C85

Channel breakdown

R50
G36
B157
Red50 (19.6%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue246.94°
Saturation (HSL)62.69%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 24 · B 9D

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