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Recognised as Colour

#071589

  • #071589
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#071589 is a blue with RGB values 7, 21, 137 and HSL 234°, 90%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#071589#071589
HEX#071589
RGBrgb(7, 21, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.0824, 0.5373
RGB percentages2.7%, 8.2%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(233.5, 90.3%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.5, 94.9%, 53.7%)
CMYK94.9%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer464,265
CSS custom property--colour: #071589;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness49.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.21:1
Contrast with white14.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#F8EA76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00318Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#002487no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#003B50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 7.5Dark blue · ΔE 10.7Indigo · ΔE 14.2Midnight blue · ΔE 16.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.2Slate blue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#897B07
Analogous#075689, #3A0789
Triadic#890715, #158907
Split complementary#893A07, #568907
Tetradic#890756, #897B07, #07893A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6575F7
Lighter +30%#3449F5
Lighter +20%#0C24EA
Lighter +10%#091CBA
Darker −10%#050E58
Darker −20%#020628
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001090
Less saturated −25%#192377

Channel breakdown

R7
G21
B137
Red7 (2.7%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue233.54°
Saturation (HSL)90.28%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 15 · B 89

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