Colour

#000F8D

#000F8D
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Navy

#000F8D is a blue with RGB values 0, 15, 141 and HSL 234°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#000F8D#000F8D

HEX#000F8D

RGBrgb(0, 15, 141)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0588, 0.5529

RGB percentages0%, 5.9%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(233.6, 100%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(233.6, 100%, 55.3%)

CMYK100%, 89.4%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,981

CSS custom property--colour: #000F8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.45:1

Contrast with white14.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#FFF072

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003190no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Deuteranopia#00228Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#003B52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 4.6 Dark blue · ΔE 5.7 Indigo · ΔE 15 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.3 Slate blue · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 4.64, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D7E00

Analogous#00558D, #38008D

Triadic#8D000F, #0F8D00

Split complementary#8D3800, #558D00

Tetradic#8D0055, #8D7E00, #008D38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5A6CFF

Lighter +30%#273EFF

Lighter +20%#001AF3

Lighter +10%#0014C0

Darker −10%#000A5A

Darker −20%#000427

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000F8D

Less saturated −25%#121D7B

Channel breakdown

G15

B141

Red0 (0%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue233.62°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0F · B 8D

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