Colour

#002E8D

#002E8D
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Nearest: Midnight blue

#002E8D is a blue with RGB values 0, 46, 141 and HSL 220°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#002E8D#002E8D

HEX#002E8D

RGBrgb(0, 46, 141)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1804, 0.5529

RGB percentages0%, 18%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(220.4, 100%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.4, 100%, 55.3%)

CMYK100%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,917

CSS custom property--colour: #002E8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.83:1

Contrast with white11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#FFD172

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003E90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#00318Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#004859no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.2 Slate blue · ΔE 23.8 Navy · ΔE 24.2 Indigo · ΔE 24.5

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#8D5F00

Analogous#00748D, #19008D

Triadic#8D002E, #2E8D00

Split complementary#8D1900, #748D00

Tetradic#8D0074, #8D5F00, #008D19

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5A90FF

Lighter +30%#276DFF

Lighter +20%#004FF3

Lighter +10%#003FC0

Darker −10%#001D5A

Darker −20%#000D27

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002E8D

Less saturated −25%#12347B

Channel breakdown

G46

B141

Red0 (0%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue220.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2E · B 8D

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Colour values

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