Colour

#00014E

#00014E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#00014E is a blue with RGB values 0, 1, 78 and HSL 239°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#00014E#00014E

HEX#00014E

RGBrgb(0, 1, 78)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0039, 0.3059

RGB percentages0%, 0.4%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(239.2, 100%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(239.2, 100%, 30.6%)

CMYK100%, 98.7%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer334

CSS custom property--colour: #00014E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00572WCAG 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 18.85:1

Contrast with white18.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#060606

Inverted#FFFEB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001650no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Deuteranopia#000C4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Tritanopia#001C2Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.2 Navy · ΔE 27.2 Indigo · ΔE 27.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.3 Dark blue · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E4D00

Analogous#00284E, #26004E

Triadic#4E0001, #014E00

Split complementary#4E2600, #284E00

Tetradic#4E0028, #4E4D00, #004E26

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#1B1EFF

Lighter +30%#0003E7

Lighter +20%#0002B4

Lighter +10%#000281

Darker −10%#00001B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00014E

Less saturated −25%#0A0A44

Channel breakdown

B78

Red0 (0%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue239.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness15.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 01 · B 4E

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