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Recognised as Colour

#08005C

  • #08005C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#08005C is a blue with RGB values 8, 0, 92 and HSL 245°, 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

#08005C#08005C
HEX#08005C
RGBrgb(8, 0, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0, 0.3608
RGB percentages3.1%, 0%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(245.2, 100%, 18%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.2, 100%, 36.1%)
CMYK91.3%, 100%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer524,380
CSS custom property--colour: #08005C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness31.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.03:1
Contrast with white18.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#080808
Inverted#F7FFA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001B5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#00115Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#002233no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.4Navy · ΔE 18.2Indigo · ΔE 19.3Dark blue · ΔE 23.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#545C00
Analogous#00265C, #36005C
Triadic#5C0800, #005C08
Split complementary#5C3600, #265C00
Tetradic#5C0026, #545C00, #005C36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3C29FF
Lighter +30%#1500F5
Lighter +20%#1100C2
Lighter +10%#0C008F
Darker −10%#040029
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#08005C
Less saturated −25%#120C51

Channel breakdown

R8
G0
B92
Red8 (3.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue245.22°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness18.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G 00 · B 5C

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