Colour

#003C97

#003C97
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#003C97 is a blue with RGB values 0, 60, 151 and HSL 216°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#003C97#003C97

HEX#003C97

RGBrgb(0, 60, 151)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.5922

RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(216.2, 100%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(216.2, 100%, 59.2%)

CMYK100%, 60.3%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,511

CSS custom property--colour: #003C97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05466WCAG 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 10.03:1

Contrast with white10.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#FFC368

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00499Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003C95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#005463no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 16.3 Slate blue · ΔE 22.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.7 Royal blue · ΔE 23.1 Indigo · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 13.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#975B00

Analogous#008897, #0F0097

Triadic#97003C, #3C9700

Split complementary#970F00, #889700

Tetradic#970088, #975B00, #00970F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#64A2FF

Lighter +30%#3183FF

Lighter +20%#0065FD

Lighter +10%#0050CA

Darker −10%#002864

Darker −20%#001331

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003C97

Less saturated −25%#134084

Channel breakdown

G60

B151

Red0 (0%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue216.16°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B 97

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