Recognised as Colour

#00253F

#00253F
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#00253F is a blue with RGB values 0, 37, 63 and HSL 205°, 100%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00253F#00253F

HEX#00253F

RGBrgb(0, 37, 63)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1451, 0.2471

RGB percentages0%, 14.5%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(204.8, 100%, 12.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204.8, 100%, 24.7%)

CMYK100%, 41.3%, 0%, 75.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,535

CSS custom property--colour: #00253F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.71:1

Contrast with white15.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#FFDAC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#182640no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0F203Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#002B2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 24.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.3 Dim grey · ΔE 36.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.9 Slate grey · ΔE 40.3 Steel blue · ΔE 40.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 24.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F1A00

Analogous#003F3A, #00053F

Triadic#3F0025, #253F00

Split complementary#3F0005, #3F3A00

Tetradic#3A003F, #3F1A00, #063F00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#0C9BFF

Lighter +30%#007FD8

Lighter +20%#0061A5

Lighter +10%#004372

Darker −10%#00070C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00253F

Less saturated −25%#082437

Channel breakdown

G37

B63

Red0 (0%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue204.76°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness12.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 25 · B 3F

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