Colour

#00194B

#00194B
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#00194B is a blue with RGB values 0, 25, 75 and HSL 220°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#00194B#00194B

HEX#00194B

RGBrgb(0, 25, 75)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.098, 0.2941

RGB percentages0%, 9.8%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(220, 100%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 100%, 29.4%)

CMYK100%, 66.7%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,475

CSS custom property--colour: #00194B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.93:1

Contrast with white16.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#FFE6B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00204Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#00194Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00262Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 24.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.1 Black · ΔE 37.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 38.9 Indigo · ΔE 43.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 44.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 24.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B3200

Analogous#003F4B, #0D004B

Triadic#4B0019, #194B00

Split complementary#4B0D00, #3E4B00

Tetradic#4B003E, #4B3200, #004B0C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#1865FF

Lighter +30%#004CE4

Lighter +20%#003BB1

Lighter +10%#002A7E

Darker −10%#000818

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00194B

Less saturated −25%#091C42

Channel breakdown

G25

B75

Red0 (0%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 19 · B 4B

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