Colour

#00296A

#00296A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#00296A is a blue with RGB values 0, 41, 106 and HSL 217°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#00296A#00296A

HEX#00296A

RGBrgb(0, 41, 106)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1608, 0.4157

RGB percentages0%, 16.1%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(216.8, 100%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(216.8, 100%, 41.6%)

CMYK100%, 61.3%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,602

CSS custom property--colour: #00296A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.77:1

Contrast with white13.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#FFD695

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00326Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#002969no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#003A45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 17.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 31 Slate blue · ΔE 37.3 Indigo · ΔE 37.6 Royal blue · ΔE 39.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 15.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A4100

Analogous#005E6A, #0C006A

Triadic#6A0029, #296A00

Split complementary#6A0C00, #5E6A00

Tetradic#6A005E, #6A4100, #006A0C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3784FF

Lighter +30%#0465FF

Lighter +20%#0050D0

Lighter +10%#003D9D

Darker −10%#001537

Darker −20%#000204

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00296A

Less saturated −25%#0D2C5D

Channel breakdown

G41

B106

Red0 (0%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue216.79°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 29 · B 6A

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