Colour

#002168

#002168
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#002168 is a blue with RGB values 0, 33, 104 and HSL 221°, 100%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#002168#002168

HEX#002168

RGBrgb(0, 33, 104)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1294, 0.4078

RGB percentages0%, 12.9%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(221, 100%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221, 100%, 40.8%)

CMYK100%, 68.3%, 0%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,552

CSS custom property--colour: #002168;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.82:1

Contrast with white14.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#FFDE97

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002C6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#002367no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#003441no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.8 Indigo · ΔE 32.2 Navy · ΔE 33.5 Slate blue · ΔE 35.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#684700

Analogous#005568, #130068

Triadic#680021, #216800

Split complementary#681300, #556800

Tetradic#680055, #684700, #006813

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3575FF

Lighter +30%#0252FF

Lighter +20%#0041CE

Lighter +10%#00319B

Darker −10%#001135

Darker −20%#000102

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002168

Less saturated −25%#0D265B

Channel breakdown

G33

B104

Red0 (0%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue220.96°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 21 · B 68

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