Recognised as Colour

#000E9C

#000E9C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#000E9C is a blue with RGB values 0, 14, 156 and HSL 235°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#000E9C#000E9C

HEX#000E9C

RGBrgb(0, 14, 156)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0549, 0.6118

RGB percentages0%, 5.5%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(234.6, 100%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(234.6, 100%, 61.2%)

CMYK100%, 91%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,740

CSS custom property--colour: #000E9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.61:1

Contrast with white13.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#FFF163

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0036A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#00259Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00415Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 5.5 Navy · ΔE 10.1 Indigo · ΔE 19.2 Medium blue · ΔE 26.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 29.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9C8E00

Analogous#005C9C, #40009C

Triadic#9C000E, #0E9C00

Split complementary#9C4000, #5C9C00

Tetradic#9C005C, #9C8E00, #009C40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6976FF

Lighter +30%#3648FF

Lighter +20%#031AFF

Lighter +10%#0013CF

Darker −10%#000969

Darker −20%#000536

Darker −30%#000003

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000E9C

Less saturated −25%#141E89

Channel breakdown

G14

B156

Red0 (0%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue234.62°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0E · B 9C

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