Colour

#00009A

#00009A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#00009A is a blue with RGB values 0, 0, 154 and HSL 240°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#00009A#00009A

HEX#00009A

RGBrgb(0, 0, 154)

RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.6039

RGB percentages0%, 0%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 60.4%)

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer154

CSS custom property--colour: #00009A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.32:1

Contrast with white14.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0B0B0B

Inverted#FFFF65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00329Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#002198no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Tritanopia#003E58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 7 Navy · ΔE 12.3 Indigo · ΔE 21.1 Medium blue · ΔE 23.1 Blue violet · ΔE 29.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 7.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9A9A00

Analogous#004D9A, #4D009A

Triadic#9A0000, #009A00

Split complementary#9A4D00, #4D9A00

Tetradic#9A004D, #9A9A00, #009A4D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6767FF

Lighter +30%#3434FF

Lighter +20%#0101FF

Lighter +10%#0000CD

Darker −10%#000067

Darker −20%#000034

Darker −30%#000001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00009A

Less saturated −25%#131387

Channel breakdown

B154

Red0 (0%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B 9A

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