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Recognised as Colour

#00529E

  • #00529E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#00529E is a blue with RGB values 0, 82, 158 and HSL 209°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#00529E#00529E
HEX#00529E
RGBrgb(0, 82, 158)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3216, 0.6196
RGB percentages0%, 32.2%, 62%
HSLhsl(208.9, 100%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.9, 100%, 62%)
CMYK100%, 48.1%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer21,150
CSS custom property--colour: #00529E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#FFAD61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2559A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004C9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#006570no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 27Royal blue · ΔE 27.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.3Midnight blue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E4C00
Analogous#009E9B, #00039E
Triadic#9E0052, #529E00
Split complementary#9E0003, #9E9B00
Tetradic#9B009E, #9E4C00, #039E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6BB8FF
Lighter +30%#389FFF
Lighter +20%#0587FF
Lighter +10%#006CD1
Darker −10%#00386B
Darker −20%#001D38
Darker −30%#000305
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00529E
Less saturated −25%#14518A

Channel breakdown

R0
G82
B158
Red0 (0%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue208.86°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 52 · B 9E

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