Colour

#00042C

#00042C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#00042C is a blue with RGB values 0, 4, 44 and HSL 235°, 100%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00042C#00042C

HEX#00042C

RGBrgb(0, 4, 44)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0157, 0.1725

RGB percentages0%, 1.6%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(234.5, 100%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(234.5, 100%, 17.3%)

CMYK100%, 90.9%, 0%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,068

CSS custom property--colour: #00042C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness15.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.93:1

Contrast with white19.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#060606

Inverted#FFFBD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#000B2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#00072Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#000F17no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 26.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 35.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 41.5 Dim grey · ΔE 49.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 50.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 26.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C2800

Analogous#001A2C, #12002C

Triadic#2C0004, #042C00

Split complementary#2C1200, #1A2C00

Tetradic#2C001A, #2C2800, #002C12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#0017F8

Lighter +30%#0012C5

Lighter +20%#000D92

Lighter +10%#00095F

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00042C

Less saturated −25%#060927

Channel breakdown

B44

Red0 (0%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue234.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 04 · B 2C

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