Recognised as Colour

#000EA8

#000EA8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#000EA8 is a blue with RGB values 0, 14, 168 and HSL 235°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#000EA8#000EA8

HEX#000EA8

RGBrgb(0, 14, 168)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0549, 0.6588

RGB percentages0%, 5.5%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(235, 100%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(235, 100%, 65.9%)

CMYK100%, 91.7%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,752

CSS custom property--colour: #000EA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03141WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.9:1

Contrast with white12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#FFF157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003AACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0028A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Tritanopia#004662no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 10.6 Navy · ΔE 15.7 Medium blue · ΔE 20.2 Indigo · ΔE 23.6 Blue violet · ΔE 26.8 Dark violet · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A89A00

Analogous#0062A8, #4600A8

Triadic#A8000E, #0EA800

Split complementary#A84600, #62A800

Tetradic#A80062, #A89A00, #00A846

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7581FF

Lighter +30%#4252FF

Lighter +20%#0F23FF

Lighter +10%#0012DB

Darker −10%#000A75

Darker −20%#000642

Darker −30%#00010F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000EA8

Less saturated −25%#152093

Channel breakdown

G14

B168

Red0 (0%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue235°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0E · B A8

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