Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#012E7C

  • #012E7C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#012E7C is a blue with RGB values 1, 46, 124 and HSL 218°, 98%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#012E7C#012E7C
HEX#012E7C
RGBrgb(1, 46, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.1804, 0.4863
RGB percentages0.4%, 18%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(218, 98.4%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218, 99.2%, 48.6%)
CMYK99.2%, 62.9%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer77,436
CSS custom property--colour: #012E7C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.48:1
Contrast with white12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#FED183

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00397Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#002F7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#004250no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.2Midnight blue · ΔE 12.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.2Slate blue · ΔE 30.1Indigo · ΔE 31.8Royal blue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 12.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C4F01
Analogous#016C7C, #11017C
Triadic#7C012E, #2E7C01
Split complementary#7C1201, #6B7C01
Tetradic#7C016C, #7C4F01, #017C12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4B8DFE
Lighter +30%#196CFD
Lighter +20%#0254E1
Lighter +10%#0141AF
Darker −10%#011B49
Darker −20%#000817
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#002E7D
Less saturated −25%#11326C

Channel breakdown

R1
G46
B124
Red1 (0.4%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue218.05°
Saturation (HSL)98.4%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 2E · B 7C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “012e7c” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.