Colour

#002FAD

#002FAD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#002FAD is a blue with RGB values 0, 47, 173 and HSL 224°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#002FAD#002FAD

HEX#002FAD

RGBrgb(0, 47, 173)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1843, 0.6784

RGB percentages0%, 18.4%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(223.7, 100%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.7, 100%, 67.8%)

CMYK100%, 72.8%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,205

CSS custom property--colour: #002FAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.45:1

Contrast with white10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#FFD052

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0038ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00546Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 16.5 Navy · ΔE 16.8 Indigo · ΔE 21.3 Slate blue · ΔE 22 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AD7E00

Analogous#0086AD, #2700AD

Triadic#AD002F, #2FAD00

Split complementary#AD2800, #85AD00

Tetradic#AD0086, #AD7E00, #00AD27

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7A9EFF

Lighter +30%#4779FF

Lighter +20%#1454FF

Lighter +10%#003DE0

Darker −10%#00217A

Darker −20%#001347

Darker −30%#000514

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002FAD

Less saturated −25%#163997

Channel breakdown

G47

B173

Red0 (0%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue223.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2F · B AD

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