Colour

#002BA0

#002BA0
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Navy

#002BA0 is a blue with RGB values 0, 43, 160 and HSL 224°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#002BA0#002BA0

HEX#002BA0

RGBrgb(0, 43, 160)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1686, 0.6275

RGB percentages0%, 16.9%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(223.9, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.9, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK100%, 73.1%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,168

CSS custom property--colour: #002BA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.33:1

Contrast with white11.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#FFD45F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0042A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#00339Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Tritanopia#004D63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 15.7 Dark blue · ΔE 17 Midnight blue · ΔE 18.8 Indigo · ΔE 19.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.9 Slate blue · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 15.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A07500

Analogous#007BA0, #2500A0

Triadic#A0002B, #2BA000

Split complementary#A02500, #7BA000

Tetradic#A0007B, #A07500, #00A025

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6D94FF

Lighter +30%#3A6FFF

Lighter +20%#074AFF

Lighter +10%#0039D3

Darker −10%#001D6D

Darker −20%#00103A

Darker −30%#000207

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002BA0

Less saturated −25%#14348C

Channel breakdown

G43

B160

Red0 (0%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue223.88°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2B · B A0

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