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Recognised as Colour

#003E9E

  • #003E9E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#003E9E is a blue with RGB values 0, 62, 158 and HSL 216°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#003E9E#003E9E
HEX#003E9E
RGBrgb(0, 62, 158)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2431, 0.6196
RGB percentages0%, 24.3%, 62%
HSLhsl(216.5, 100%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.5, 100%, 62%)
CMYK100%, 60.8%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,030
CSS custom property--colour: #003E9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#FFC161

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003E9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005768no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.8Midnight blue · ΔE 17.2Slate blue · ΔE 20.6Royal blue · ΔE 20.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 22Medium purple · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E6000
Analogous#008D9E, #11009E
Triadic#9E003E, #3E9E00
Split complementary#9E1100, #8D9E00
Tetradic#9E008D, #9E6000, #009E11

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6BA5FF
Lighter +30%#3886FF
Lighter +20%#0567FF
Lighter +10%#0052D1
Darker −10%#002A6B
Darker −20%#001638
Darker −30%#000205
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003E9E
Less saturated −25%#14428A

Channel breakdown

R0
G62
B158
Red0 (0%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue216.46°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3E · B 9E

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