Colour

#00121E

#00121E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#00121E is a blue with RGB values 0, 18, 30 and HSL 204°, 100%, 6%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00121E#00121E

HEX#00121E

RGBrgb(0, 18, 30)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0706, 0.1176

RGB percentages0%, 7.1%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(204, 100%, 5.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204, 100%, 11.8%)

CMYK100%, 40%, 0%, 88.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,638

CSS custom property--colour: #00121E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness17.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19:1

Contrast with white19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0F0F0F

Inverted#FFEDE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0C121Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#070F1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#001516no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 11.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.9 Dim grey · ΔE 41 Slate grey · ΔE 48.1 Gray · ΔE 49.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 50

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E0C00

Analogous#001E1B, #00031E

Triadic#1E0012, #121E00

Split complementary#1E0003, #1E1B00

Tetradic#1B001E, #1E0C00, #031E00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#008CEA

Lighter +30%#006EB7

Lighter +20%#004F84

Lighter +10%#003151

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00121E

Less saturated −25%#04111A

Channel breakdown

G18

B30

Red0 (0%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue204°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness5.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 12 · B 1E

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