Recognised as Colour

#00066A

#00066A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#00066A is a blue with RGB values 0, 6, 106 and HSL 237°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#00066A#00066A

HEX#00066A

RGBrgb(0, 6, 106)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0235, 0.4157

RGB percentages0%, 2.4%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(236.6, 100%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(236.6, 100%, 41.6%)

CMYK100%, 94.3%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,642

CSS custom property--colour: #00066A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness36.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.02:1

Contrast with white17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0C0C0C

Inverted#FFF995

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00226Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#001668no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Tritanopia#002A3Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.1 Navy · ΔE 13.7 Indigo · ΔE 16.8 Dark blue · ΔE 18.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A6400

Analogous#003B6A, #2F006A

Triadic#6A0006, #066A00

Split complementary#6A2F00, #3B6A00

Tetradic#6A003B, #6A6400, #006A2F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3742FF

Lighter +30%#0412FF

Lighter +20%#000CD0

Lighter +10%#00099D

Darker −10%#000337

Darker −20%#000004

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00066A

Less saturated −25%#0D125D

Channel breakdown

B106

Red0 (0%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue236.6°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 06 · B 6A

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