Recognised as Colour

#032AAE

#032AAE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#032AAE is a blue with RGB values 3, 42, 174 and HSL 226°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#032AAE#032AAE

HEX#032AAE

RGBrgb(3, 42, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.1647, 0.6824

RGB percentages1.2%, 16.5%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(226.3, 96.6%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.3, 98.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK98.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer207,534

CSS custom property--colour: #032AAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.79:1

Contrast with white10.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#FCD551

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0045B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00526Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13.8 Navy · ΔE 15.4 Indigo · ΔE 21 Slate blue · ΔE 24.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE8703

Analogous#0380AE, #3103AE

Triadic#AE032A, #2AAE03

Split complementary#AE3203, #7FAE03

Tetradic#AE0380, #AE8703, #03AE32

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#809DFD

Lighter +30%#4E76FC

Lighter +20%#1C4FFB

Lighter +10%#0436E0

Darker −10%#021E7C

Darker −20%#01124A

Darker −30%#000618

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0028B1

Less saturated −25%#193698

Channel breakdown

G42

B174

Red3 (1.2%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue226.32°

Saturation (HSL)96.61%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 2A · B AE

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