Colour

#02279E

#02279E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Navy

#02279E is a blue with RGB values 2, 39, 158 and HSL 226°, 98%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

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HEX#02279E

RGBrgb(2, 39, 158)

RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.1529, 0.6196

RGB percentages0.8%, 15.3%, 62%

HSLhsl(225.8, 97.5%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.8, 98.7%, 62%)

CMYK98.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer141,214

CSS custom property--colour: #02279E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.75:1

Contrast with white11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#FDD861

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003FA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#00309Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Tritanopia#004A60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 13.7 Dark blue · ΔE 14.8 Indigo · ΔE 18.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 19.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.5 Slate blue · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 13.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9E7902

Analogous#02759E, #2B029E

Triadic#9E0227, #279E02

Split complementary#9E2B02, #759E02

Tetradic#9E0275, #9E7902, #029E2B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6F91FD

Lighter +30%#3C6AFD

Lighter +20%#0A43FC

Lighter +10%#0333D0

Darker −10%#011B6C

Darker −20%#010E39

Darker −30%#000207

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0026A0

Less saturated −25%#16328A

Channel breakdown

G39

B158

Red2 (0.8%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue225.77°

Saturation (HSL)97.5%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 02 · G 27 · B 9E

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Colour values

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