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Recognised as Colour

#00046A

  • #00046A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#00046A is a blue with RGB values 0, 4, 106 and HSL 238°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#00046A#00046A
HEX#00046A
RGBrgb(0, 4, 106)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0157, 0.4157
RGB percentages0%, 1.6%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(237.7, 100%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.7, 100%, 41.6%)
CMYK100%, 96.2%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,130
CSS custom property--colour: #00046A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness35.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.14:1
Contrast with white17.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0B0B0B
Inverted#FFFB95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00216Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#001568no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00293Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.3Navy · ΔE 12.7Indigo · ΔE 16.3Dark blue · ΔE 17.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A6600
Analogous#00396A, #31006A
Triadic#6A0004, #046A00
Split complementary#6A3100, #396A00
Tetradic#6A0039, #6A6600, #006A31

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#373FFF
Lighter +30%#040DFF
Lighter +20%#0008D0
Lighter +10%#00069D
Darker −10%#000237
Darker −20%#000004
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00046A
Less saturated −25%#0D105D

Channel breakdown

R0
G4
B106
Red0 (0%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue237.74°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 04 · B 6A

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