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Recognised as Colour

#445C8A

  • #445C8A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#445C8A is a blue with RGB values 68, 92, 138 and HSL 219°, 34%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#445C8A#445C8A
HEX#445C8A
RGBrgb(68, 92, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.3608, 0.5412
RGB percentages26.7%, 36.1%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(219.4, 34%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.4, 50.7%, 54.1%)
CMYK50.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,480,138
CSS custom property--colour: #445C8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.68:1
Contrast with white6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#BBA375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A608Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#435989no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#25666Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.4Slate grey · ΔE 23.5Light slate grey · ΔE 25Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.7Dim grey · ΔE 29.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A7244
Analogous#447F8A, #4F448A
Triadic#8A445C, #5C8A44
Split complementary#8A4F44, #7F8A44
Tetradic#8A447F, #8A7244, #448A4F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCC8DE
Lighter +30%#9AABCD
Lighter +20%#788FBC
Lighter +10%#5673AB
Darker −10%#334568
Darker −20%#222E46
Darker −30%#111824
Darker −40%#010101
More saturated +25%#2A54A4
Less saturated −25%#5E6470

Channel breakdown

R68
G92
B138
Red68 (26.7%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue219.43°
Saturation (HSL)33.98%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 5C · B 8A

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