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Recognised as Colour

#003A7E

  • #003A7E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#003A7E is a blue with RGB values 0, 58, 126 and HSL 212°, 100%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#003A7E#003A7E
HEX#003A7E
RGBrgb(0, 58, 126)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2275, 0.4941
RGB percentages0%, 22.7%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(212.4, 100%, 24.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.4, 100%, 49.4%)
CMYK100%, 54%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,974
CSS custom property--colour: #003A7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.01:1
Contrast with white11.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#FFC581

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#064280no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00377Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#004B56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.7Midnight blue · ΔE 22.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.6Steel blue · ΔE 33.6Slate blue · ΔE 34.2Royal blue · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E4400
Analogous#00797E, #05007E
Triadic#7E003A, #3A7E00
Split complementary#7E0500, #797E00
Tetradic#7E0079, #7E4400, #007E05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4B9EFF
Lighter +30%#1882FF
Lighter +20%#0069E4
Lighter +10%#0051B1
Darker −10%#00234B
Darker −20%#000B18
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003A7E
Less saturated −25%#103B6E

Channel breakdown

R0
G58
B126
Red0 (0%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue212.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness24.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3A · B 7E

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