Colour

#003198

#003198
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#003198 is a blue with RGB values 0, 49, 152 and HSL 221°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#003198#003198

HEX#003198

RGBrgb(0, 49, 152)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1922, 0.5961

RGB percentages0%, 19.2%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(220.7, 100%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.7, 100%, 59.6%)

CMYK100%, 67.8%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,696

CSS custom property--colour: #003198;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.1:1

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

Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#FFCE67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00439Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003596no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#004D60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.6 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6 Slate blue · ΔE 21.2 Navy · ΔE 22.1 Indigo · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#986700

Analogous#007D98, #1B0098

Triadic#980031, #319800

Split complementary#981B00, #7D9800

Tetradic#98007D, #986700, #00981B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6597FF

Lighter +30%#3274FF

Lighter +20%#0052FE

Lighter +10%#0041CB

Darker −10%#002165

Darker −20%#001032

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003198

Less saturated −25%#133885

Channel breakdown

G49

B152

Red0 (0%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue220.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 31 · B 98

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