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Colour

#00196A

  • #00196A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#00196A is a blue with RGB values 0, 25, 106 and HSL 226°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#00196A#00196A
HEX#00196A
RGBrgb(0, 25, 106)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.098, 0.4157
RGB percentages0%, 9.8%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(225.8, 100%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.8, 100%, 41.6%)
CMYK100%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,506
CSS custom property--colour: #00196A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness40.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.59:1
Contrast with white15.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#FFE695

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00296Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#001F69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#003140no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 4.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.3Indigo · ΔE 25.3Navy · ΔE 25.5Dark blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 4.54, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A5100
Analogous#004E6A, #1C006A
Triadic#6A0019, #196A00
Split complementary#6A1C00, #4E6A00
Tetradic#6A004E, #6A5100, #006A1C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3766FF
Lighter +30%#043FFF
Lighter +20%#0031D0
Lighter +10%#00259D
Darker −10%#000D37
Darker −20%#000104
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00196A
Less saturated −25%#0D205D

Channel breakdown

R0
G25
B106
Red0 (0%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue225.85°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 19 · B 6A

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