Recognised as Colour

#002137

#002137
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#002137 is a blue with RGB values 0, 33, 55 and HSL 204°, 100%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#002137#002137

HEX#002137

RGBrgb(0, 33, 55)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1294, 0.2157

RGB percentages0%, 12.9%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(204, 100%, 10.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204, 100%, 21.6%)

CMYK100%, 40%, 0%, 78.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,503

CSS custom property--colour: #002137;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.5:1

Contrast with white16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#FFDEC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#162238no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0E1D37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#002629no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.9 Dim grey · ΔE 37.2 Slate grey · ΔE 41.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 41.8 Steel blue · ΔE 43.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#371600

Analogous#003732, #000637

Triadic#370021, #213700

Split complementary#370005, #373200

Tetradic#320037, #371600, #063700

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#049BFF

Lighter +30%#007DD0

Lighter +20%#005E9D

Lighter +10%#00406A

Darker −10%#000204

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002137

Less saturated −25%#072030

Channel breakdown

G33

B55

Red0 (0%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue204°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness10.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 21 · B 37

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