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Recognised as Colour

#000879

  • #000879
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#000879 is a blue with RGB values 0, 8, 121 and HSL 236°, 100%, 24%. 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

#000879#000879
HEX#000879
RGBrgb(0, 8, 121)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0314, 0.4745
RGB percentages0%, 3.1%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(236, 100%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236, 100%, 47.5%)
CMYK100%, 93.4%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,169
CSS custom property--colour: #000879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness41.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.02:1
Contrast with white16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0E0E0E
Inverted#FFF786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00287Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#003145no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 6.9Dark blue · ΔE 11.9Indigo · ΔE 14Midnight blue · ΔE 15.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#797100
Analogous#004579, #340079
Triadic#790008, #087900
Split complementary#793500, #447900
Tetradic#790045, #797100, #007935

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4652FF
Lighter +30%#1323FF
Lighter +20%#000FDF
Lighter +10%#000BAC
Darker −10%#000546
Darker −20%#000113
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000879
Less saturated −25%#0F156A

Channel breakdown

R0
G8
B121
Red0 (0%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue236.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 08 · B 79

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