Colour

#000F9E

#000F9E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#000F9E is a blue with RGB values 0, 15, 158 and HSL 234°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#000F9E#000F9E

HEX#000F9E

RGBrgb(0, 15, 158)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0588, 0.6196

RGB percentages0%, 5.9%, 62%

HSLhsl(234.3, 100%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(234.3, 100%, 62%)

CMYK100%, 90.5%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,998

CSS custom property--colour: #000F9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.44:1

Contrast with white13.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#FFF061

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0037A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#00269Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00425Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 6.2 Navy · ΔE 10.9 Indigo · ΔE 19.7 Medium blue · ΔE 25.4 Blue violet · ΔE 29.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9E8F00

Analogous#005E9E, #40009E

Triadic#9E000F, #0F9E00

Split complementary#9E4000, #5E9E00

Tetradic#9E005E, #9E8F00, #009E40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6B79FF

Lighter +30%#384BFF

Lighter +20%#051DFF

Lighter +10%#0014D1

Darker −10%#000A6B

Darker −20%#000538

Darker −30%#000005

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000F9E

Less saturated −25%#141F8A

Channel breakdown

G15

B158

Red0 (0%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue234.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0F · B 9E

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