Colour

#012B97

#012B97
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#012B97 is a blue with RGB values 1, 43, 151 and HSL 223°, 99%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#012B97#012B97

HEX#012B97

RGBrgb(1, 43, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.1686, 0.5922

RGB percentages0.4%, 16.9%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(223.2, 98.7%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.2, 99.3%, 59.2%)

CMYK99.3%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer76,695

CSS custom property--colour: #012B97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.71:1

Contrast with white11.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#FED468

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003F9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#003195no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#004A5Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.3 Navy · ΔE 17.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.5 Indigo · ΔE 20.2 Dark blue · ΔE 20.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#976D01

Analogous#017697, #220197

Triadic#97012B, #2B9701

Split complementary#972201, #769701

Tetradic#970176, #976D01, #019722

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6691FE

Lighter +30%#336CFE

Lighter +20%#0248FC

Lighter +10%#0139CA

Darker −10%#011D64

Darker −20%#000E32

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002B98

Less saturated −25%#143384

Channel breakdown

G43

B151

Red1 (0.4%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue223.2°

Saturation (HSL)98.68%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 01 · G 2B · B 97

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