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Recognised as Colour

#003CA0

  • #003CA0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#003CA0 is a blue with RGB values 0, 60, 160 and HSL 218°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#003CA0#003CA0
HEX#003CA0
RGBrgb(0, 60, 160)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.6275
RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(217.5, 100%, 31.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 100%, 62.7%)
CMYK100%, 62.5%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,520
CSS custom property--colour: #003CA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#FFC35F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BA3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003D9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#005668no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.4Midnight blue · ΔE 16.8Slate blue · ΔE 19.6Royal blue · ΔE 20.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21Navy · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 16.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A06400
Analogous#008CA0, #1400A0
Triadic#A0003C, #3CA000
Split complementary#A01400, #8CA000
Tetradic#A0008C, #A06400, #00A014

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6DA4FF
Lighter +30%#3A84FF
Lighter +20%#0764FF
Lighter +10%#004FD3
Darker −10%#00296D
Darker −20%#00163A
Darker −30%#000307
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003CA0
Less saturated −25%#14418C

Channel breakdown

R0
G60
B160
Red0 (0%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue217.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B A0

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