Colour

#00298C

#00298C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#00298C is a blue with RGB values 0, 41, 140 and HSL 222°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#00298C#00298C

HEX#00298C

RGBrgb(0, 41, 140)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1608, 0.549

RGB percentages0%, 16.1%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(222.4, 100%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 100%, 54.9%)

CMYK100%, 70.7%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,636

CSS custom property--colour: #00298C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.38:1

Contrast with white12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#FFD673

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003B8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#002E8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#004557no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6 Navy · ΔE 20.5 Indigo · ΔE 21.7 Dark blue · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C6300

Analogous#006F8C, #1D008C

Triadic#8C0029, #298C00

Split complementary#8C1D00, #6F8C00

Tetradic#8C006F, #8C6300, #008C1D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#598AFF

Lighter +30%#2666FF

Lighter +20%#0047F2

Lighter +10%#0038BF

Darker −10%#001A59

Darker −20%#000B26

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00298C

Less saturated −25%#12307B

Channel breakdown

G41

B140

Red0 (0%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue222.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 29 · B 8C

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