Colour

#002A8E

#002A8E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#002A8E is a blue with RGB values 0, 42, 142 and HSL 222°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#002A8E#002A8E

HEX#002A8E

RGBrgb(0, 42, 142)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1647, 0.5569

RGB percentages0%, 16.5%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(222.3, 100%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.3, 100%, 55.7%)

CMYK100%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,894

CSS custom property--colour: #002A8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.2:1

Contrast with white12.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#FFD571

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003C91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#004658no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.5 Navy · ΔE 20.5 Indigo · ΔE 21.7 Slate blue · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E6400

Analogous#00718E, #1D008E

Triadic#8E002A, #2A8E00

Split complementary#8E1D00, #718E00

Tetradic#8E0071, #8E6400, #008E1D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5B8CFF

Lighter +30%#2868FF

Lighter +20%#0048F4

Lighter +10%#0039C1

Darker −10%#001B5B

Darker −20%#000C28

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002A8E

Less saturated −25%#12317C

Channel breakdown

G42

B142

Red0 (0%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue222.25°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2A · B 8E

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Colour values

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