Recognised as Colour

#000008

#000008
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#000008 is a blue with RGB values 0, 0, 8 and HSL 240°, 100%, 2%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#000008#000008

HEX#000008

RGBrgb(0, 0, 8)

RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.0314

RGB percentages0%, 0%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 1.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 3.1%)

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 96.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8

CSS custom property--colour: #000008;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness2.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.93:1

Contrast with white20.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#010101

Inverted#FFFFF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#000108no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#000008no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#000102no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 3.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.6 Dim grey · ΔE 44.4 Slate grey · ΔE 53.3 Gray · ΔE 53.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 55.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 3.23, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#080800

Analogous#000408, #040008

Triadic#080000, #000800

Split complementary#080400, #040800

Tetradic#080004, #080800, #000804

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#0000D4

Lighter +30%#0000A1

Lighter +20%#00006E

Lighter +10%#00003B

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000008

Less saturated −25%#010107

Channel breakdown

Red0 (0%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness1.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B 08

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