Colour

#001EA8

#001EA8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#001EA8 is a blue with RGB values 0, 30, 168 and HSL 229°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#001EA8#001EA8

HEX#001EA8

RGBrgb(0, 30, 168)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1176, 0.6588

RGB percentages0%, 11.8%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(229.3, 100%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.3, 100%, 65.9%)

CMYK100%, 82.1%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,848

CSS custom property--colour: #001EA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.99:1

Contrast with white11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#FFE157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003FACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#002EA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Tritanopia#004B64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 9.7 Navy · ΔE 12.9 Indigo · ΔE 20.4 Medium blue · ΔE 27.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A88A00

Analogous#0072A8, #3600A8

Triadic#A8001E, #1EA800

Split complementary#A83600, #72A800

Tetradic#A80072, #A88A00, #00A836

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#758EFF

Lighter +30%#4264FF

Lighter +20%#0F3AFF

Lighter +10%#0027DB

Darker −10%#001575

Darker −20%#000C42

Darker −30%#00030F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001EA8

Less saturated −25%#152B93

Channel breakdown

G30

B168

Red0 (0%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue229.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 1E · B A8

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