Recognised as Colour

#00012C

#00012C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#00012C is a blue with RGB values 0, 1, 44 and HSL 239°, 100%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00012C#00012C

HEX#00012C

RGBrgb(0, 1, 44)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0039, 0.1725

RGB percentages0%, 0.4%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(238.6, 100%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(238.6, 100%, 17.3%)

CMYK100%, 97.7%, 0%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer300

CSS custom property--colour: #00012C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00204WCAG 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 20.18:1

Contrast with white20.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#040404

Inverted#FFFED3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00092Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#00052Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#000D16no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 27.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 34.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 36.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 43.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 49.5 Dim grey · ΔE 50.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C2B00

Analogous#00172C, #15002C

Triadic#2C0001, #012C00

Split complementary#2C1500, #172C00

Tetradic#2C0017, #2C2B00, #002C15

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#0006F8

Lighter +30%#0004C5

Lighter +20%#000392

Lighter +10%#00025F

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00012C

Less saturated −25%#060627

Channel breakdown

B44

Red0 (0%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue238.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 01 · B 2C

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