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Recognised as Colour

#000C48

  • #000C48
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#000C48 is a blue with RGB values 0, 12, 72 and HSL 230°, 100%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#000C48#000C48
HEX#000C48
RGBrgb(0, 12, 72)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0471, 0.2824
RGB percentages0%, 4.7%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(230, 100%, 14.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230, 100%, 28.2%)
CMYK100%, 83.3%, 0%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,144
CSS custom property--colour: #000C48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness26 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.32:1
Contrast with white18.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0E0E0E
Inverted#FFF3B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00184Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#001147no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#001E29no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.7Indigo · ΔE 36Navy · ΔE 37.4Dark blue · ΔE 42.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#483C00
Analogous#003048, #180048
Triadic#48000C, #0C4800
Split complementary#481800, #304800
Tetradic#480030, #483C00, #004818

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#153CFF
Lighter +30%#0025E1
Lighter +20%#001DAE
Lighter +10%#00147B
Darker −10%#000415
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000C48
Less saturated −25%#09123F

Channel breakdown

R0
G12
B72
Red0 (0%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue230°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness14.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 0C · B 48

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