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Recognised as Colour

#000172

  • #000172
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#000172 is a blue with RGB values 0, 1, 114 and HSL 239°, 100%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#000172#000172
HEX#000172
RGBrgb(0, 1, 114)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0039, 0.4471
RGB percentages0%, 0.4%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(239.5, 100%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(239.5, 100%, 44.7%)
CMYK100%, 99.1%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer370
CSS custom property--colour: #000172;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness38.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.84:1
Contrast with white16.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#090909
Inverted#FFFE8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002375no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#001670no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#002C40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 7.2Dark blue · ΔE 12.5Indigo · ΔE 14.2Midnight blue · ΔE 15.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 7.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#727100
Analogous#003A72, #380072
Triadic#720001, #017200
Split complementary#723800, #3A7200
Tetradic#72003A, #727100, #007238

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3F41FF
Lighter +30%#0C0EFF
Lighter +20%#0002D8
Lighter +10%#0001A5
Darker −10%#00013F
Darker −20%#00000C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000172
Less saturated −25%#0E0F64

Channel breakdown

R0
G1
B114
Red0 (0%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue239.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 01 · B 72

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