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Recognised as Colour

#001277

  • #001277
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#001277 is a blue with RGB values 0, 18, 119 and HSL 231°, 100%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#001277#001277
HEX#001277
RGBrgb(0, 18, 119)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0706, 0.4667
RGB percentages0%, 7.1%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(230.9, 100%, 23.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.9, 100%, 46.7%)
CMYK100%, 84.9%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,727
CSS custom property--colour: #001277;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness42.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.52:1
Contrast with white15.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#151515
Inverted#FFED88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002A7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#001E75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#003345no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.1Navy · ΔE 13.2Indigo · ΔE 16.5Dark blue · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#776500
Analogous#004D77, #290077
Triadic#770012, #127700
Split complementary#772A00, #4D7700
Tetradic#77004E, #776500, #00772A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4460FF
Lighter +30%#1135FF
Lighter +20%#0021DD
Lighter +10%#001AAA
Darker −10%#000A44
Darker −20%#000311
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001277
Less saturated −25%#0F1C68

Channel breakdown

R0
G18
B119
Red0 (0%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue230.92°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness23.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 12 · B 77

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