Recognised as Colour

#00049F

#00049F
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#00049F is a blue with RGB values 0, 4, 159 and HSL 238°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#00049F#00049F

HEX#00049F

RGBrgb(0, 4, 159)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0157, 0.6235

RGB percentages0%, 1.6%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(238.5, 100%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(238.5, 100%, 62.4%)

CMYK100%, 97.5%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,183

CSS custom property--colour: #00049F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.83:1

Contrast with white13.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0E0E0E

Inverted#FFFB60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0035A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#00249Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00415Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 8.4 Navy · ΔE 13.6 Medium blue · ΔE 21.8 Indigo · ΔE 22.1 Blue violet · ΔE 28.4 Dark violet · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 8.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9F9B00

Analogous#00549F, #4B009F

Triadic#9F0004, #049F00

Split complementary#9F4C00, #549F00

Tetradic#9F0054, #9F9B00, #009F4C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6C70FF

Lighter +30%#393EFF

Lighter +20%#060CFF

Lighter +10%#0005D2

Darker −10%#00036C

Darker −20%#000139

Darker −30%#000006

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00049F

Less saturated −25%#14178B

Channel breakdown

B159

Red0 (0%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue238.49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 04 · B 9F

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