Colour

#001AB9

#001AB9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#001AB9 is a blue with RGB values 0, 26, 185 and HSL 232°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#001AB9#001AB9

HEX#001AB9

RGBrgb(0, 26, 185)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.102, 0.7255

RGB percentages0%, 10.2%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(231.6, 100%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(231.6, 100%, 72.5%)

CMYK100%, 85.9%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,841

CSS custom property--colour: #001AB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.36:1

Contrast with white11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#FFE546

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0030B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00506Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.9 Medium blue · ΔE 16.7 Navy · ΔE 20.8 Blue violet · ΔE 24.1 Indigo · ΔE 27.7 Dark violet · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B99F00

Analogous#0076B9, #4300B9

Triadic#B9001A, #1AB900

Split complementary#B94300, #76B900

Tetradic#B90076, #B99F00, #00B943

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8697FF

Lighter +30%#536BFF

Lighter +20%#203FFF

Lighter +10%#0021EC

Darker −10%#001386

Darker −20%#000C53

Darker −30%#000420

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001AB9

Less saturated −25%#172BA2

Channel breakdown

G26

B185

Red0 (0%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue231.57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 1A · B B9

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