Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#000A8C

  • #000A8C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#000A8C is a blue with RGB values 0, 10, 140 and HSL 236°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#000A8C#000A8C
HEX#000A8C
RGBrgb(0, 10, 140)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0392, 0.549
RGB percentages0%, 3.9%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(235.7, 100%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(235.7, 100%, 54.9%)
CMYK100%, 92.9%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,700
CSS custom property--colour: #000A8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.77:1
Contrast with white14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#111111
Inverted#FFF573

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002F8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#00208Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#003951no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 3.8Navy · ΔE 3.9Indigo · ΔE 15.2Midnight blue · ΔE 23.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.5Slate blue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 3.83, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C8200
Analogous#00508C, #3C008C
Triadic#8C000A, #0A8C00
Split complementary#8C3C00, #508C00
Tetradic#8C0050, #8C8200, #008C3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5965FF
Lighter +30%#2636FF
Lighter +20%#0011F2
Lighter +10%#000EBF
Darker −10%#000659
Darker −20%#000326
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000A8C
Less saturated −25%#12197B

Channel breakdown

R0
G10
B140
Red0 (0%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue235.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 0A · B 8C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “000a8c” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.