Colour

#002A78

#002A78
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#002A78 is a blue with RGB values 0, 42, 120 and HSL 219°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#002A78#002A78

HEX#002A78

RGBrgb(0, 42, 120)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1647, 0.4706

RGB percentages0%, 16.5%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(219, 100%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(219, 100%, 47.1%)

CMYK100%, 65%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,872

CSS custom property--colour: #002A78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.11:1

Contrast with white13.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#FFD587

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00367Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#002B77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#003F4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 13 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25 Indigo · ΔE 30.7 Slate blue · ΔE 30.8 Navy · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#784E00

Analogous#006678, #120078

Triadic#78002A, #2A7800

Split complementary#781200, #667800

Tetradic#780066, #784E00, #007812

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#4586FF

Lighter +30%#1265FF

Lighter +20%#004EDE

Lighter +10%#003CAB

Darker −10%#001845

Darker −20%#000612

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002A78

Less saturated −25%#0F2F69

Channel breakdown

G42

B120

Red0 (0%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue219°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2A · B 78

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