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Recognised as Colour

#071851

  • #071851
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#071851 is a blue with RGB values 7, 24, 81 and HSL 226°, 84%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#071851#071851
HEX#071851
RGBrgb(7, 24, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.0941, 0.3176
RGB percentages2.7%, 9.4%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(226.2, 84.1%, 17.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 91.4%, 31.8%)
CMYK91.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 68.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer464,977
CSS custom property--colour: #071851;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.69:1
Contrast with white16.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#F8E7AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002153no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#001A50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#002732no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 19.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.4Indigo · ΔE 38.4Navy · ΔE 40.5Black · ΔE 42.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 19.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#514007
Analogous#073D51, #1B0751
Triadic#510718, #185107
Split complementary#511B07, #3D5107
Tetradic#51073D, #514007, #07511B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3660EE
Lighter +30%#1342DE
Lighter +20%#0F34AF
Lighter +10%#0B2680
Darker −10%#030A22
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001458
Less saturated −25%#121E46

Channel breakdown

R7
G24
B81
Red7 (2.7%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue226.22°
Saturation (HSL)84.09%
Lightness17.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 18 · B 51

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