Recognised as Colour

#32537F

#32537F
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#32537F is a blue with RGB values 50, 83, 127 and HSL 214°, 44%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#32537F#32537F

HEX#32537F

RGBrgb(50, 83, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.3255, 0.498

RGB percentages19.6%, 32.5%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(214.3, 43.5%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 60.6%, 49.8%)

CMYK60.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,298,175

CSS custom property--colour: #32537F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.84:1

Contrast with white7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#CDAC80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#415681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#374E7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005D63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 19.2 Slate grey · ΔE 25.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.7 Dim grey · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 19.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7F5E32

Analogous#32797F, #38327F

Triadic#7F3253, #537F32

Split complementary#7F3832, #797F32

Tetradic#7F3279, #7F5E32, #327F38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A2BADB

Lighter +30%#7E9FCC

Lighter +20%#5984BE

Lighter +10%#406BA4

Darker −10%#243B5A

Darker −20%#152336

Darker −30%#070B11

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1C5095

Less saturated −25%#485669

Channel breakdown

R50

G83

B127

Red50 (19.6%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue214.29°

Saturation (HSL)43.5%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 32 · G 53 · B 7F

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