Colour
#000080
- #000080
- Blue
- Dark
- Named: Navy
#000080 is the CSS colour blue with RGB values 0, 0, 128 and HSL 240°, 100%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.
Colour values
#000080#000080
HEX#000080
RGBrgb(0, 0, 128)
RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.502
RGB percentages0%, 0%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(240, 100%, 25.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 50.2%)
CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer128
CSS custom property--colour: #000080;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.01559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness43.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.01:1
Contrast with white16.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#090909
Inverted#FFFF7F
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Colour harmonies
Complementary#808000
Analogous#004080, #400080
Triadic#800000, #008000
Split complementary#804000, #408000
Tetradic#800040, #808000, #008040
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G0
B128
Red0 (0%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness25.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B 80
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