Recognised as Colour

#00002C

#00002C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#00002C is a blue with RGB values 0, 0, 44 and HSL 240°, 100%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00002C#00002C

HEX#00002C

RGBrgb(0, 0, 44)

RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.1725

RGB percentages0%, 0%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 17.3%)

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44

CSS custom property--colour: #00002C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness14.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.26:1

Contrast with white20.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#030303

Inverted#FFFFD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00082Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#00042Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#000C15no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 28.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 34.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 36.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 43.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 49.2 Dim grey · ΔE 51.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 28.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C2C00

Analogous#00162C, #16002C

Triadic#2C0000, #002C00

Split complementary#2C1600, #162C00

Tetradic#2C0016, #2C2C00, #002C16

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#0000F8

Lighter +30%#0000C5

Lighter +20%#000092

Lighter +10%#00005F

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00002C

Less saturated −25%#060627

Channel breakdown

B44

Red0 (0%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B 2C

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