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Colour

#002C9A

  • #002C9A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#002C9A is a blue with RGB values 0, 44, 154 and HSL 223°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#002C9A#002C9A
HEX#002C9A
RGBrgb(0, 44, 154)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.1725, 0.6039
RGB percentages0%, 17.3%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(222.9, 100%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 100%, 60.4%)
CMYK100%, 71.4%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,418
CSS custom property--colour: #002C9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.49:1
Contrast with white11.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#FFD365

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00409Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003298no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#004B5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15.4Navy · ΔE 17.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.8Dark blue · ΔE 19.9Indigo · ΔE 20.2Slate blue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A6E00
Analogous#00799A, #21009A
Triadic#9A002C, #2C9A00
Split complementary#9A2100, #799A00
Tetradic#9A0079, #9A6E00, #009A21

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6792FF
Lighter +30%#346EFF
Lighter +20%#014AFF
Lighter +10%#003BCD
Darker −10%#001D67
Darker −20%#000F34
Darker −30%#000001
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#002C9A
Less saturated −25%#133487

Channel breakdown

R0
G44
B154
Red0 (0%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 2C · B 9A

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