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Colour

#00268A

  • #00268A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#00268A is a blue with RGB values 0, 38, 138 and HSL 223°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#00268A#00268A
HEX#00268A
RGBrgb(0, 38, 138)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.149, 0.5412
RGB percentages0%, 14.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(223.5, 100%, 27.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.5, 100%, 54.1%)
CMYK100%, 72.5%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,866
CSS custom property--colour: #00268A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.77:1
Contrast with white12.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#FFD975

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00398Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#002C88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#004355no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.7Navy · ΔE 19Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6Indigo · ΔE 20.5Dark blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A6400
Analogous#006B8A, #1F008A
Triadic#8A0026, #268A00
Split complementary#8A1F00, #6B8A00
Tetradic#8A006B, #8A6400, #008A1F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5785FF
Lighter +30%#2460FF
Lighter +20%#0042F0
Lighter +10%#0034BD
Darker −10%#001857
Darker −20%#000A24
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00268A
Less saturated −25%#112E79

Channel breakdown

R0
G38
B138
Red0 (0%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue223.48°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 26 · B 8A

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