Colour

#00233E

#00233E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#00233E is a blue with RGB values 0, 35, 62 and HSL 206°, 100%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00233E#00233E

HEX#00233E

RGBrgb(0, 35, 62)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1373, 0.2431

RGB percentages0%, 13.7%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(206.1, 100%, 12.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(206.1, 100%, 24.3%)

CMYK100%, 43.5%, 0%, 75.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,022

CSS custom property--colour: #00233E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness34 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.03:1

Contrast with white16.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#FFDCC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#16243Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0B1F3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#002A2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 24.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.6 Dim grey · ΔE 37.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.2 Slate grey · ΔE 41.2 Steel blue · ΔE 41.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 24.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E1B00

Analogous#003E3A, #00043E

Triadic#3E0023, #233E00

Split complementary#3E0004, #3E3A00

Tetradic#3A003E, #3E1B00, #043E00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#0B95FF

Lighter +30%#0079D7

Lighter +20%#005DA4

Lighter +10%#004071

Darker −10%#00060B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00233E

Less saturated −25%#082236

Channel breakdown

G35

B62

Red0 (0%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue206.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness12.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 23 · B 3E

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