#191980 Color

#191980 is rgb(25, 25, 128) in RGB, hsl(240, 67%, 30%) in HSL, and about cmyk(80%, 80%, 0%, 50%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Resolution Blue (#002387), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 6.13. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#191980

HEX#191980

RGBrgb(25, 25, 128)

HSLhsl(240, 67%, 30%)

HSVhsv(240, 80%, 50%)

CMYKcmyk(80%, 80%, 0%, 50%)

OKLCHoklch(30.7% 0.164 271.3)

LABlab(16.61% 30.87 -58.37)

LCHlch(16.61% 66.04 297.87)

What #191980 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #191980, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Resolution Blue#002387ΔE 6.13 Persian Indigo#32127AΔE 7.07 Imperial Blue#002395ΔE 8.15 Midnight Blue#191970ΔE 9.1 Samsung Blue#12279EΔE 10.66 Phthalo Blue#000F89ΔE 11

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#191980 Channel Values

How #191980 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 25 · G 25 · B 128	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 240° · S 67% · L 30%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 240° · S 80% · V 50%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 80% · M 80% · Y 0% · K 50%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	14.07:1 vs white · 1.49:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #191980 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text14.07:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Fails AABlack text1.49:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #191980

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #191980; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Tints & Shades of #191980

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

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How #191980 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

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Tritanopia#003535

Tritanomaly#002C5C

Achromatopsia#2B2B2B

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Using #191980 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-191980: #191980;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #191980;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-191980': '#191980' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.098, green: 0.098, blue: 0.502)

Android XML<color name="color_191980">#191980</color>

SVG fillfill="#191980"

More Blue Colors

#191980 sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

193cb8 191970 1974d2 191632 1a4065 190b65 1a5ddb 184fa1 1b03a3 182d3e 1b1b3a 181c20 263c5a 3399ff 4a5565 5dadec 7693ea 90a1b9 add9ff d0dceb eeeefc 00009e 00598a 09090b

#191980 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #191980?

#191980 is a dark blue — rgb(25, 25, 128) in RGB and hsl(240, 67%, 30%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Resolution Blue (#002387), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 6.13.

What is the RGB value of #191980?

#191980 is rgb(25, 25, 128) — red 25, green 25, and blue 128 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #191980?

#191980 converts to approximately cmyk(80%, 80%, 0%, 50%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #191980 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #191980 scores 14.07:1 against white and 1.49:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #191980 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #191980 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is midnightblue (#191970) at a CIE76 distance of 9.1, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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