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Recognised as Colour

#003C96

  • #003C96
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#003C96 is a blue with RGB values 0, 60, 150 and HSL 216°, 100%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#003C96#003C96
HEX#003C96
RGBrgb(0, 60, 150)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.5882
RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(216, 100%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 100%, 58.8%)
CMYK100%, 60%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,510
CSS custom property--colour: #003C96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#FFC369

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004999no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003C94no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005363no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.8Midnight blue · ΔE 16.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 23Slate blue · ΔE 23.1Royal blue · ΔE 23.5Indigo · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#965A00
Analogous#008796, #0F0096
Triadic#96003C, #3C9600
Split complementary#960F00, #879600
Tetradic#960087, #965A00, #00960F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#63A1FF
Lighter +30%#3083FF
Lighter +20%#0065FC
Lighter +10%#0050C9
Darker −10%#002863
Darker −20%#001330
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003C96
Less saturated −25%#134083

Channel breakdown

R0
G60
B150
Red0 (0%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B 96

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