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Recognised as Colour

#083799

  • #083799
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#083799 is a blue with RGB values 8, 55, 153 and HSL 221°, 90%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#083799#083799
HEX#083799
RGBrgb(8, 55, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.2157, 0.6
RGB percentages3.1%, 21.6%, 60%
HSLhsl(220.6, 90.1%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.6, 94.8%, 60%)
CMYK94.8%, 64.1%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer538,521
CSS custom property--colour: #083799;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.41:1
Contrast with white10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#F7C866

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00469Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003997no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#005162no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.1Slate blue · ΔE 20.7Royal blue · ΔE 22.4Indigo · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#996A08
Analogous#087F99, #220899
Triadic#990837, #379908
Split complementary#992208, #7F9908
Tetradic#99087F, #996A08, #089922

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#75A0F8
Lighter +30%#457EF5
Lighter +20%#145CF3
Lighter +10%#0B48C9
Darker −10%#052669
Darker −20%#031438
Darker −30%#000308
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0034A1
Less saturated −25%#1C3E85

Channel breakdown

R8
G55
B153
Red8 (3.1%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue220.55°
Saturation (HSL)90.06%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G 37 · B 99

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