Recognised as Colour

#0034AE

#0034AE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Navy

#0034AE is a blue with RGB values 0, 52, 174 and HSL 222°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#0034AE#0034AE

HEX#0034AE

RGBrgb(0, 52, 174)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2039, 0.6824

RGB percentages0%, 20.4%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(222.1, 100%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 100%, 68.2%)

CMYK100%, 70.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,486

CSS custom property--colour: #0034AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.99:1

Contrast with white9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#FFCB51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004AB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00576Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 19 Dark blue · ΔE 19.3 Slate blue · ΔE 20 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.2 Royal blue · ΔE 22.3 Indigo · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 19.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE7A00

Analogous#008BAE, #2300AE

Triadic#AE0034, #34AE00

Split complementary#AE2300, #8BAE00

Tetradic#AE008B, #AE7A00, #00AE23

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7BA2FF

Lighter +30%#487FFF

Lighter +20%#155BFF

Lighter +10%#0043E1

Darker −10%#00257B

Darker −20%#001648

Darker −30%#000615

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0034AE

Less saturated −25%#163D98

Channel breakdown

G52

B174

Red0 (0%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue222.07°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 34 · B AE

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