Colour

#002E8E

#002E8E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#002E8E is a blue with RGB values 0, 46, 142 and HSL 221°, 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

#002E8E#002E8E

HEX#002E8E

RGBrgb(0, 46, 142)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1804, 0.5569

RGB percentages0%, 18%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(220.6, 100%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.6, 100%, 55.7%)

CMYK100%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,918

CSS custom property--colour: #002E8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.79:1

Contrast with white11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#FFD171

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003E91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

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

Tritanopia#00485Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20 Slate blue · ΔE 23.5 Navy · ΔE 23.8 Indigo · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E6000

Analogous#00758E, #19008E

Triadic#8E002E, #2E8E00

Split complementary#8E1900, #758E00

Tetradic#8E0075, #8E6000, #008E19

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5B90FF

Lighter +30%#286EFF

Lighter +20%#004FF4

Lighter +10%#003FC1

Darker −10%#001D5B

Darker −20%#000D28

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002E8E

Less saturated −25%#12347C

Channel breakdown

G46

B142

Red0 (0%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue220.56°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2E · B 8E

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