Recognised as Colour

#003090

#003090
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#003090 is a blue with RGB values 0, 48, 144 and HSL 220°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#003090#003090

HEX#003090

RGBrgb(0, 48, 144)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1882, 0.5647

RGB percentages0%, 18.8%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(220, 100%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 100%, 56.5%)

CMYK100%, 66.7%, 0%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,432

CSS custom property--colour: #003090;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.5:1

Contrast with white11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#FFCF6F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004093no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#00338Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#004A5Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.1 Slate blue · ΔE 23 Navy · ΔE 24.5 Indigo · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#906000

Analogous#007890, #180090

Triadic#900030, #309000

Split complementary#901800, #789000

Tetradic#900078, #906000, #009018

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5D93FF

Lighter +30%#2A71FF

Lighter +20%#0052F6

Lighter +10%#0041C3

Darker −10%#001F5D

Darker −20%#000E2A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003090

Less saturated −25%#12367E

Channel breakdown

G48

B144

Red0 (0%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness28.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 30 · B 90

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