Colour

#002CAA

#002CAA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#002CAA is a blue with RGB values 0, 44, 170 and HSL 224°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#002CAA#002CAA

HEX#002CAA

RGBrgb(0, 44, 170)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1725, 0.6667

RGB percentages0%, 17.3%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(224.5, 100%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.5, 100%, 66.7%)

CMYK100%, 74.1%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,434

CSS custom property--colour: #002CAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.82:1

Contrast with white10.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#FFD355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0045AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Tritanopia#005168no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.2 Navy · ΔE 15.6 Indigo · ΔE 20.5 Slate blue · ΔE 22.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA7E00

Analogous#0081AA, #2900AA

Triadic#AA002C, #2CAA00

Split complementary#AA2900, #81AA00

Tetradic#AA0081, #AA7E00, #00AA29

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#779AFF

Lighter +30%#4474FF

Lighter +20%#114FFF

Lighter +10%#0039DD

Darker −10%#001F77

Darker −20%#001244

Darker −30%#000411

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002CAA

Less saturated −25%#153695

Channel breakdown

G44

B170

Red0 (0%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue224.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2C · B AA

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