Recognised as Colour

#08233E

#08233E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#08233E is a blue with RGB values 8, 35, 62 and HSL 210°, 77%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#08233E#08233E

HEX#08233E

RGBrgb(8, 35, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.1373, 0.2431

RGB percentages3.1%, 13.7%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(210, 77.1%, 13.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(210, 87.1%, 24.3%)

CMYK87.1%, 43.5%, 0%, 75.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer533,310

CSS custom property--colour: #08233E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness34.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.91:1

Contrast with white15.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#F7DCC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#16253Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0E203Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00292Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 24.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.7 Dim grey · ΔE 37.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.4 Slate grey · ΔE 40.9 Steel blue · ΔE 41.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 24.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E2308

Analogous#083E3E, #08083E

Triadic#3E0823, #233E08

Split complementary#3E0808, #3E3E08

Tetradic#3E083E, #3E2308, #083E08

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2E89E4

Lighter +30%#1970C6

Lighter +20%#145698

Lighter +10%#0E3D6B

Darker −10%#020A11

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002346

Less saturated −25%#112335

Channel breakdown

G35

B62

Red8 (3.1%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue210°

Saturation (HSL)77.14%

Lightness13.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 23 · B 3E

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