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Colour

#000C79

  • #000C79
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#000C79 is a blue with RGB values 0, 12, 121 and HSL 234°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#000C79#000C79
HEX#000C79
RGBrgb(0, 12, 121)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0471, 0.4745
RGB percentages0%, 4.7%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(234, 100%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234, 100%, 47.5%)
CMYK100%, 90.1%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,193
CSS custom property--colour: #000C79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness41.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.81:1
Contrast with white15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#111111
Inverted#FFF386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00297Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#001C77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#003246no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 8.8Midnight blue · ΔE 13.4Dark blue · ΔE 13.7Indigo · ΔE 14.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#796D00
Analogous#004879, #310079
Triadic#79000C, #0C7900
Split complementary#793000, #497900
Tetradic#790048, #796D00, #007930

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4658FF
Lighter +30%#132AFF
Lighter +20%#0016DF
Lighter +10%#0011AC
Darker −10%#000746
Darker −20%#000213
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000C79
Less saturated −25%#0F186A

Channel breakdown

R0
G12
B121
Red0 (0%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue234.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 0C · B 79

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