Colour

#002C8E

#002C8E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#002C8E is a blue with RGB values 0, 44, 142 and HSL 221°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#002C8E#002C8E

HEX#002C8E

RGBrgb(0, 44, 142)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1725, 0.5569

RGB percentages0%, 17.3%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(221.4, 100%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 100%, 55.7%)

CMYK100%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,406

CSS custom property--colour: #002C8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.99:1

Contrast with white11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#FFD371

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003D91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#00308Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#004759no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.7 Navy · ΔE 22.1 Indigo · ΔE 22.9 Slate blue · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E6200

Analogous#00738E, #1B008E

Triadic#8E002C, #2C8E00

Split complementary#8E1B00, #738E00

Tetradic#8E0073, #8E6200, #008E1B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5B8EFF

Lighter +30%#286BFF

Lighter +20%#004CF4

Lighter +10%#003CC1

Darker −10%#001C5B

Darker −20%#000C28

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002C8E

Less saturated −25%#12337C

Channel breakdown

G44

B142

Red0 (0%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue221.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2C · B 8E

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Colour values

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