Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#2000AD

  • #2000AD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#2000AD is a blue with RGB values 32, 0, 173 and HSL 251°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#2000AD#2000AD
HEX#2000AD
RGBrgb(32, 0, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.1255, 0, 0.6784
RGB percentages12.5%, 0%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(251.1, 100%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.1, 100%, 67.8%)
CMYK81.5%, 100%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,097,325
CSS custom property--colour: #2000AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.61:1
Contrast with white12.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#DFFF52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003BB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#002BABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#004664no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15Medium blue · ΔE 15.4Navy · ΔE 20.2Blue violet · ΔE 23.6Dark violet · ΔE 26.1Indigo · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DAD00
Analogous#0036AD, #7600AD
Triadic#AD2000, #00AD20
Split complementary#AD7700, #36AD00
Tetradic#AD0037, #8DAD00, #00AD77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#937AFF
Lighter +30%#6947FF
Lighter +20%#3F14FF
Lighter +10%#2900E0
Darker −10%#17007A
Darker −20%#0D0047
Darker −30%#040014
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2000AD
Less saturated −25%#2E1697

Channel breakdown

R32
G0
B173
Red32 (12.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue251.1°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 20 · G 00 · B AD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “2000ad” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.