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Recognised as Colour

#00259C

  • #00259C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#00259C is a blue with RGB values 0, 37, 156 and HSL 226°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#00259C#00259C
HEX#00259C
RGBrgb(0, 37, 156)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.1451, 0.6118
RGB percentages0%, 14.5%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(225.8, 100%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.8, 100%, 61.2%)
CMYK100%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,628
CSS custom property--colour: #00259C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.04:1
Contrast with white12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#FFDA63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#002F9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00495Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 12.9Dark blue · ΔE 14.1Indigo · ΔE 17.9Midnight blue · ΔE 19.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7Slate blue · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 12.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C7700
Analogous#00739C, #29009C
Triadic#9C0025, #259C00
Split complementary#9C2900, #739C00
Tetradic#9C0073, #9C7700, #009C29

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#698DFF
Lighter +30%#3666FF
Lighter +20%#033FFF
Lighter +10%#0031CF
Darker −10%#001969
Darker −20%#000D36
Darker −30%#000103
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00259C
Less saturated −25%#142F89

Channel breakdown

R0
G37
B156
Red0 (0%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue225.77°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 25 · B 9C

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