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Colour

#000559

  • #000559
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#000559 is a blue with RGB values 0, 5, 89 and HSL 237°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#000559#000559
HEX#000559
RGBrgb(0, 5, 89)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0196, 0.349
RGB percentages0%, 2%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(236.6, 100%, 17.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.6, 100%, 34.9%)
CMYK100%, 94.4%, 0%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,369
CSS custom property--colour: #000559;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness30.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.01:1
Contrast with white18.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0A0A0A
Inverted#FFFAA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001B5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#001158no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#002232no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.6Navy · ΔE 22.4Indigo · ΔE 23Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.1Dark blue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#595400
Analogous#003259, #270059
Triadic#590005, #055900
Split complementary#592700, #325900
Tetradic#590032, #595400, #005927

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#2632FF
Lighter +30%#000EF2
Lighter +20%#000BBF
Lighter +10%#00088C
Darker −10%#000226
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000559
Less saturated −25%#0B0F4E

Channel breakdown

R0
G5
B89
Red0 (0%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue236.63°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 05 · B 59

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