Colour

#002B7A

#002B7A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#002B7A is a blue with RGB values 0, 43, 122 and HSL 219°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#002B7A#002B7A

HEX#002B7A

RGBrgb(0, 43, 122)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1686, 0.4784

RGB percentages0%, 16.9%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(218.9, 100%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.9, 100%, 47.8%)

CMYK100%, 64.8%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,130

CSS custom property--colour: #002B7A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.91:1

Contrast with white12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#FFD485

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00377Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#002C79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00404Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.6 Slate blue · ΔE 30.2 Indigo · ΔE 30.5 Navy · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A4F00

Analogous#00687A, #12007A

Triadic#7A002B, #2B7A00

Split complementary#7A1200, #687A00

Tetradic#7A0068, #7A4F00, #007A12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#4788FF

Lighter +30%#1467FF

Lighter +20%#004FE0

Lighter +10%#003DAD

Darker −10%#001947

Darker −20%#000714

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002B7A

Less saturated −25%#0F306B

Channel breakdown

G43

B122

Red0 (0%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue218.85°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2B · B 7A

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