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Colour

#32268B

  • #32268B
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#32268B is a blue with RGB values 50, 38, 139 and HSL 247°, 57%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#32268B#32268B
HEX#32268B
RGBrgb(50, 38, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.149, 0.5451
RGB percentages19.6%, 14.9%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(247.1, 57.1%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.1, 72.7%, 54.5%)
CMYK64%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,286,667
CSS custom property--colour: #32268B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#CDD974

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003489no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#004156no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.5Indigo · ΔE 15.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.5Navy · ΔE 18.6Dark blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7F8B26
Analogous#264D8B, #65268B
Triadic#8B3226, #268B32
Split complementary#8B6426, #4D8B26
Tetradic#8B264C, #7F8B26, #268B64

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A29AE3
Lighter +30%#7E72D8
Lighter +20%#594ACD
Lighter +10%#4031B3
Darker −10%#241B63
Darker −20%#15103B
Darker −30%#070513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2110A1
Less saturated −25%#433C75

Channel breakdown

R50
G38
B139
Red50 (19.6%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue247.13°
Saturation (HSL)57.06%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 26 · B 8B

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