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Recognised as Colour

#001774

  • #001774
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#001774 is a blue with RGB values 0, 23, 116 and HSL 228°, 100%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#001774#001774
HEX#001774
RGBrgb(0, 23, 116)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0902, 0.4549
RGB percentages0%, 9%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(228.1, 100%, 22.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.1, 100%, 45.5%)
CMYK100%, 80.2%, 0%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,004
CSS custom property--colour: #001774;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness42.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.28:1
Contrast with white15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#FFE88B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002B77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#001F72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#003445no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 4.6Navy · ΔE 18.2Indigo · ΔE 19.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.8Dark blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 4.64, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#745D00
Analogous#005174, #230074
Triadic#740017, #177400
Split complementary#742300, #517400
Tetradic#740051, #745D00, #007423

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4167FF
Lighter +30%#0E3EFF
Lighter +20%#002BDA
Lighter +10%#0021A7
Darker −10%#000D41
Darker −20%#00030E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001774
Less saturated −25%#0E2066

Channel breakdown

R0
G23
B116
Red0 (0%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue228.1°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness22.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 17 · B 74

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