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Recognised as Colour

#001562

  • #001562
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#001562 is a blue with RGB values 0, 21, 98 and HSL 227°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#001562#001562
HEX#001562
RGBrgb(0, 21, 98)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0824, 0.3843
RGB percentages0%, 8.2%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(227.1, 100%, 19.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 100%, 38.4%)
CMYK100%, 78.6%, 0%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,474
CSS custom property--colour: #001562;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness36.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.36:1
Contrast with white16.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#161616
Inverted#FFEA9D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002464no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#002C3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 6.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.1Indigo · ΔE 26.8Navy · ΔE 27.2Dark blue · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#624D00
Analogous#004662, #1C0062
Triadic#620015, #156200
Split complementary#621C00, #466200
Tetradic#620046, #624D00, #00621C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#2F5CFF
Lighter +30%#0036FB
Lighter +20%#002BC8
Lighter +10%#002095
Darker −10%#000A2F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001562
Less saturated −25%#0C1C56

Channel breakdown

R0
G21
B98
Red0 (0%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue227.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness19.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 15 · B 62

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