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Recognised as Colour

#001860

  • #001860
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#001860 is a blue with RGB values 0, 24, 96 and HSL 225°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#001860#001860
HEX#001860
RGBrgb(0, 24, 96)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0941, 0.3765
RGB percentages0%, 9.4%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(225, 100%, 18.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 100%, 37.6%)
CMYK100%, 75%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,240
CSS custom property--colour: #001860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness37.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.16:1
Contrast with white16.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#181818
Inverted#FFE79F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002562no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#001C5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#002D3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.7Indigo · ΔE 29.9Navy · ΔE 30.9Dark blue · ΔE 35.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#604800
Analogous#004860, #180060
Triadic#600018, #186000
Split complementary#601800, #486000
Tetradic#600048, #604800, #006018

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#2D62FF
Lighter +30%#003EF9
Lighter +20%#0032C6
Lighter +10%#002593
Darker −10%#000B2D
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001860
Less saturated −25%#0C1E54

Channel breakdown

R0
G24
B96
Red0 (0%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness18.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 18 · B 60

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