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Recognised as Colour

#001872

  • #001872
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#001872 is a blue with RGB values 0, 24, 114 and HSL 227°, 100%, 22%. 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

#001872#001872
HEX#001872
RGBrgb(0, 24, 114)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0941, 0.4471
RGB percentages0%, 9.4%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(227.4, 100%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.4, 100%, 44.7%)
CMYK100%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,258
CSS custom property--colour: #001872;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness42.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.29:1
Contrast with white15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#FFE78D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002B75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#002070no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#003344no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 3.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 20Navy · ΔE 20.1Indigo · ΔE 21Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.1Dark blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 3.31, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#725A00
Analogous#005172, #210072
Triadic#720018, #187200
Split complementary#722100, #517200
Tetradic#720051, #725A00, #007221

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3F67FF
Lighter +30%#0C3FFF
Lighter +20%#002DD8
Lighter +10%#0023A5
Darker −10%#000D3F
Darker −20%#00030C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001872
Less saturated −25%#0E2064

Channel breakdown

R0
G24
B114
Red0 (0%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue227.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 18 · B 72

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