Recognised as Colour

#083591

#083591
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#083591 is a blue with RGB values 8, 53, 145 and HSL 220°, 90%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#083591

RGBrgb(8, 53, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.2078, 0.5686

RGB percentages3.1%, 20.8%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(220.3, 89.5%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.3, 94.5%, 56.9%)

CMYK94.5%, 63.4%, 0%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer538,001

CSS custom property--colour: #083591;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.89:1

Contrast with white10.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#F7CA6E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004394no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Deuteranopia#00378Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#004D5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13 Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.9 Slate blue · ΔE 23 Royal blue · ΔE 24.8 Indigo · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#916408

Analogous#087A91, #1F0891

Triadic#910835, #359108

Split complementary#911F08, #7A9108

Tetradic#91087A, #916408, #089120

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#6E9BF7

Lighter +30%#3E7AF4

Lighter +20%#0D58F2

Lighter +10%#0B47C1

Darker −10%#052361

Darker −20%#031230

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003299

Less saturated −25%#1B3C7E

Channel breakdown

G53

B145

Red8 (3.1%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue220.29°

Saturation (HSL)89.54%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 35 · B 91

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