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Recognised as Colour

#03056E

  • #03056E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#03056E is a blue with RGB values 3, 5, 110 and HSL 239°, 95%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#03056E#03056E
HEX#03056E
RGBrgb(3, 5, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.0196, 0.4314
RGB percentages1.2%, 2%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(238.9, 94.7%, 22.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.9, 97.3%, 43.1%)
CMYK97.3%, 95.5%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer197,998
CSS custom property--colour: #03056E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness37.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.79:1
Contrast with white16.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0C0C0C
Inverted#FCFA91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002371no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#00176Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#002B3Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 11.2Midnight blue · ΔE 12Indigo · ΔE 15.3Dark blue · ΔE 16.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 24Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E6C03
Analogous#033B6E, #36036E
Triadic#6E0305, #056E03
Split complementary#6E3603, #3B6E03
Tetradic#6E033B, #6E6C03, #036E36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4347FA
Lighter +30%#1116F9
Lighter +20%#060AD1
Lighter +10%#0407A0
Darker −10%#02033C
Darker −20%#00000B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000271
Less saturated −25%#111360

Channel breakdown

R3
G5
B110
Red3 (1.2%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue238.88°
Saturation (HSL)94.69%
Lightness22.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 05 · B 6E

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