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Recognised as Colour

#031490

  • #031490
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#031490 is a blue with RGB values 3, 20, 144 and HSL 233°, 96%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#031490#031490
HEX#031490
RGBrgb(3, 20, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.0784, 0.5647
RGB percentages1.2%, 7.8%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(232.8, 95.9%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.8, 97.9%, 56.5%)
CMYK97.9%, 86.1%, 0%, 43.5%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer201,872
CSS custom property--colour: #031490;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness51 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.94:1
Contrast with white13.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#FCEB6F

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#003393no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#00258Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#003E54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 6.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#907F03
Analogous#035B90, #380390
Triadic#900314, #149003
Split complementary#903803, #5B9003
Tetradic#90035B, #907F03, #039038

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#6376FC
Lighter +30%#314AFB
Lighter +20%#0522F4
Lighter +10%#041BC2
Darker −10%#020D5E
Darker −20%#01062C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001293
Less saturated −25%#15227E

Channel breakdown

R3
G20
B144
Red3 (1.2%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue232.77°
Saturation (HSL)95.92%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 14 · B 90

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