Recognised as Colour

#021B65

#021B65
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#021B65 is a blue with RGB values 2, 27, 101 and HSL 225°, 96%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#021B65

RGBrgb(2, 27, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.1059, 0.3961

RGB percentages0.8%, 10.6%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(224.8, 96.1%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.8, 98%, 39.6%)

CMYK98%, 73.3%, 0%, 60.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer138,085

CSS custom property--colour: #021B65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.59:1

Contrast with white15.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#FDE49A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002867no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#001F64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00303Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.5 Indigo · ΔE 29.2 Navy · ΔE 30.2 Dark blue · ΔE 35

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#654C02

Analogous#024C65, #1B0265

Triadic#65021B, #1B6502

Split complementary#651B02, #4C6502

Tetradic#65024C, #654C02, #02651B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3869FB

Lighter +30%#0644FA

Lighter +20%#0436C9

Lighter +10%#032897

Darker −10%#010E33

Darker −20%#000001

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001A67

Less saturated −25%#0F2158

Channel breakdown

G27

B101

Red2 (0.8%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue224.85°

Saturation (HSL)96.12%

Lightness20.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 02 · G 1B · B 65

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