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Recognised as Colour

#002287

  • #002287
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#002287 is a blue with RGB values 0, 34, 135 and HSL 225°, 100%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#002287#002287
HEX#002287
RGBrgb(0, 34, 135)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.1333, 0.5294
RGB percentages0%, 13.3%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(224.9, 100%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.9, 100%, 52.9%)
CMYK100%, 74.8%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,839
CSS custom property--colour: #002287;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.3:1
Contrast with white13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#FFDD78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00368Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#002985no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#004052no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.4Navy · ΔE 17.1Indigo · ΔE 19.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8Dark blue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#876500
Analogous#006587, #220087
Triadic#870022, #228700
Split complementary#872200, #658700
Tetradic#870065, #876500, #008722

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#547FFF
Lighter +30%#2159FF
Lighter +20%#003CED
Lighter +10%#002FBA
Darker −10%#001554
Darker −20%#000821
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#002287
Less saturated −25%#112A76

Channel breakdown

R0
G34
B135
Red0 (0%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue224.89°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 22 · B 87

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