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Recognised as Colour

#071251

  • #071251
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#071251 is a blue with RGB values 7, 18, 81 and HSL 231°, 84%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#071251#071251
HEX#071251
RGBrgb(7, 18, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.0706, 0.3176
RGB percentages2.7%, 7.1%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(231.1, 84.1%, 17.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.1, 91.4%, 31.8%)
CMYK91.4%, 77.8%, 0%, 68.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer463,441
CSS custom property--colour: #071251;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness30.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.29:1
Contrast with white17.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#141414
Inverted#F8EDAE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001E53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#001750no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#002430no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.8Indigo · ΔE 33.9Navy · ΔE 35.6Dark blue · ΔE 40.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#514607
Analogous#073751, #210751
Triadic#510712, #125107
Split complementary#512107, #375107
Tetradic#510737, #514607, #075121

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3652EE
Lighter +30%#1331DE
Lighter +20%#0F27AF
Lighter +10%#0B1C80
Darker −10%#030822
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000D58
Less saturated −25%#121A46

Channel breakdown

R7
G18
B81
Red7 (2.7%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue231.08°
Saturation (HSL)84.09%
Lightness17.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 12 · B 51

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