Colour

#06005E

#06005E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#06005E is a blue with RGB values 6, 0, 94 and HSL 244°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#06005E#06005E

HEX#06005E

RGBrgb(6, 0, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0, 0.3686

RGB percentages2.4%, 0%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(243.8, 100%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243.8, 100%, 36.9%)

CMYK93.6%, 100%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer393,310

CSS custom property--colour: #06005E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.96:1

Contrast with white17.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#080808

Inverted#F9FFA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001C60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Deuteranopia#00115Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Tritanopia#002234no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text17.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.6 Navy · ΔE 17.1 Indigo · ΔE 18.7 Dark blue · ΔE 22.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#585E00

Analogous#00295E, #35005E

Triadic#5E0600, #005E06

Split complementary#5E3500, #295E00

Tetradic#5E0029, #585E00, #005E35

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#392BFF

Lighter +30%#1000F7

Lighter +20%#0D00C4

Lighter +10%#090091

Darker −10%#03002B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#06005E

Less saturated −25%#100C52

Channel breakdown

B94

Red6 (2.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue243.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness18.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 00 · B 5E

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