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Colour

#00004E

  • #00004E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#00004E is a blue with RGB values 0, 0, 78 and HSL 240°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#00004E#00004E
HEX#00004E
RGBrgb(0, 0, 78)
RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.3059
RGB percentages0%, 0%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(240, 100%, 15.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 30.6%)
CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer78
CSS custom property--colour: #00004E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness26.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.92:1
Contrast with white18.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#060606
Inverted#FFFFB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001550no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#000C4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#001B2Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.6Navy · ΔE 26.7Indigo · ΔE 26.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.3Dark blue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E4E00
Analogous#00274E, #27004E
Triadic#4E0000, #004E00
Split complementary#4E2700, #274E00
Tetradic#4E0027, #4E4E00, #004E27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#1B1BFF
Lighter +30%#0000E7
Lighter +20%#0000B4
Lighter +10%#000081
Darker −10%#00001B
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00004E
Less saturated −25%#0A0A44

Channel breakdown

R0
G0
B78
Red0 (0%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness15.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B 4E

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