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Recognised as Colour

#00149A

  • #00149A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#00149A is a blue with RGB values 0, 20, 154 and HSL 232°, 100%, 30%. 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

#00149A#00149A
HEX#00149A
RGBrgb(0, 20, 154)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0784, 0.6039
RGB percentages0%, 7.8%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(232.2, 100%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.2, 100%, 60.4%)
CMYK100%, 87%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,274
CSS custom property--colour: #00149A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.4:1
Contrast with white13.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#FFEB65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00379Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#002798no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00425Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 5.7Navy · ΔE 8.5Indigo · ΔE 17.5Midnight blue · ΔE 26.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.2Medium blue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 5.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A8600
Analogous#00619A, #39009A
Triadic#9A0014, #149A00
Split complementary#9A3900, #619A00
Tetradic#9A0061, #9A8600, #009A39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#677BFF
Lighter +30%#344EFF
Lighter +20%#0122FF
Lighter +10%#001BCD
Darker −10%#000D67
Darker −20%#000734
Darker −30%#000001
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00149A
Less saturated −25%#132287

Channel breakdown

R0
G20
B154
Red0 (0%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue232.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 14 · B 9A

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