Recognised as Colour

#0C1955

#0C1955
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#0C1955 is a blue with RGB values 12, 25, 85 and HSL 229°, 75%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#0C1955#0C1955

HEX#0C1955

RGBrgb(12, 25, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.098, 0.3333

RGB percentages4.7%, 9.8%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(229.3, 75.3%, 19%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.3, 85.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK85.9%, 70.6%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer792,917

CSS custom property--colour: #0C1955;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.33:1

Contrast with white16.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#F3E6AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002357no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#001C54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#002934no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.4 Indigo · ΔE 36.4 Navy · ΔE 38.6 Slate blue · ΔE 42

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55480C

Analogous#0C3E55, #230C55

Triadic#550C19, #19550C

Split complementary#55240C, #3D550C

Tetradic#550C3E, #55480C, #0C5524

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#4864E5

Lighter +30%#1F40DB

Lighter +20%#1933AE

Lighter +10%#122682

Darker −10%#060C28

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001161

Less saturated −25%#182149

Channel breakdown

R12

G25

B85

Red12 (4.7%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue229.32°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness19.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 0C · G 19 · B 55

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