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Recognised as Colour

#02229A

  • #02229A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#02229A is a blue with RGB values 2, 34, 154 and HSL 227°, 97%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#02229A#02229A
HEX#02229A
RGBrgb(2, 34, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.1333, 0.6039
RGB percentages0.8%, 13.3%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(227.4, 97.4%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.4, 98.7%, 60.4%)
CMYK98.7%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer139,930
CSS custom property--colour: #02229A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness58.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.37:1
Contrast with white12.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#FDDD65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#002D98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00475Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 11.5Dark blue · ΔE 12.6Indigo · ΔE 17.1Midnight blue · ΔE 19.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 22Slate blue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A7A02
Analogous#026E9A, #2E029A
Triadic#9A0222, #229A02
Split complementary#9A2E02, #6E9A02
Tetradic#9A026E, #9A7A02, #029A2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6B8AFD
Lighter +30%#3962FC
Lighter +20%#063AFC
Lighter +10%#032DCC
Darker −10%#011768
Darker −20%#010C35
Darker −30%#000103
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00219C
Less saturated −25%#152D87

Channel breakdown

R2
G34
B154
Red2 (0.8%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue227.37°
Saturation (HSL)97.44%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 22 · B 9A

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