Colour

#003C5D

#003C5D
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#003C5D is a blue with RGB values 0, 60, 93 and HSL 201°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#003C5D#003C5D

HEX#003C5D

RGBrgb(0, 60, 93)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.3647

RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(201.3, 100%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(201.3, 100%, 36.5%)

CMYK100%, 35.5%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,453

CSS custom property--colour: #003C5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.64:1

Contrast with white11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#FFC3A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C3D5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#1F355Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#004448no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.5 Steel blue · ΔE 29.8 Dim grey · ΔE 32.2 Slate grey · ΔE 32.3 Black · ΔE 34.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 23.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D2100

Analogous#005D4F, #000E5D

Triadic#5D003C, #3C5D00

Split complementary#5D000E, #5D5000

Tetradic#4F005D, #5D2100, #0D5D00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2AB3FF

Lighter +30%#009FF6

Lighter +20%#007EC3

Lighter +10%#005D90

Darker −10%#001B2A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003C5D

Less saturated −25%#0C3951

Channel breakdown

G60

B93

Red0 (0%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue201.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B 5D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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