Colour

#001456

#001456
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#001456 is a blue with RGB values 0, 20, 86 and HSL 226°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#001456#001456

HEX#001456

RGBrgb(0, 20, 86)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0784, 0.3373

RGB percentages0%, 7.8%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(226, 100%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226, 100%, 33.7%)

CMYK100%, 76.7%, 0%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,206

CSS custom property--colour: #001456;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness32.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.01:1

Contrast with white17.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#FFEBA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002058no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#001855no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#002733no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.7 Indigo · ΔE 32.8 Navy · ΔE 34 Dark blue · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#564200

Analogous#003F56, #170056

Triadic#560014, #145600

Split complementary#561700, #3F5600

Tetradic#56003F, #564200, #005617

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#2356FF

Lighter +30%#0038EF

Lighter +20%#002CBC

Lighter +10%#002089

Darker −10%#000823

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001456

Less saturated −25%#0B1A4B

Channel breakdown

G20

B86

Red0 (0%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue226.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 14 · B 56

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