Recognised as Colour

#000B98

#000B98
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#000B98 is a blue with RGB values 0, 11, 152 and HSL 236°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#000B98#000B98

HEX#000B98

RGBrgb(0, 11, 152)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0431, 0.5961

RGB percentages0%, 4.3%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(235.7, 100%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(235.7, 100%, 59.6%)

CMYK100%, 92.8%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,968

CSS custom property--colour: #000B98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.99:1

Contrast with white13.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#FFF467

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00349Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#002396no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Tritanopia#003F58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 4.2 Navy · ΔE 8.9 Indigo · ΔE 18.4 Medium blue · ΔE 27.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 28.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 4.22, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#988D00

Analogous#005798, #410098

Triadic#98000B, #0B9800

Split complementary#984100, #579800

Tetradic#980057, #988D00, #009841

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6570FF

Lighter +30%#3241FF

Lighter +20%#0012FE

Lighter +10%#000FCB

Darker −10%#000765

Darker −20%#000432

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000B98

Less saturated −25%#131B85

Channel breakdown

G11

B152

Red0 (0%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue235.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0B · B 98

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