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Recognised as Colour

#000C8D

  • #000C8D
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#000C8D is a blue with RGB values 0, 12, 141 and HSL 235°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#000C8D#000C8D
HEX#000C8D
RGBrgb(0, 12, 141)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0471, 0.5529
RGB percentages0%, 4.7%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(234.9, 100%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.9, 100%, 55.3%)
CMYK100%, 91.5%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,213
CSS custom property--colour: #000C8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.61:1
Contrast with white14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#FFF372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003090no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#00218Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#003A52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 4.3Dark blue · ΔE 4.3Indigo · ΔE 15.2Midnight blue · ΔE 23.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.2Slate blue · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 4.29, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D8100
Analogous#00538D, #3A008D
Triadic#8D000C, #0C8D00
Split complementary#8D3A00, #538D00
Tetradic#8D0053, #8D8100, #008D3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5A68FF
Lighter +30%#2739FF
Lighter +20%#0015F3
Lighter +10%#0010C0
Darker −10%#00085A
Darker −20%#000327
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000C8D
Less saturated −25%#121B7B

Channel breakdown

R0
G12
B141
Red0 (0%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue234.89°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 0C · B 8D

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