Colour

#003298

#003298
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#003298 is a blue with RGB values 0, 50, 152 and HSL 220°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#003298#003298

HEX#003298

RGBrgb(0, 50, 152)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1961, 0.5961

RGB percentages0%, 19.6%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(220.3, 100%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.3, 100%, 59.6%)

CMYK100%, 67.1%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,952

CSS custom property--colour: #003298;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11:1

Contrast with white11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#FFCD67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00439Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003696no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#004E60no 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 text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.7 Slate blue · ΔE 21.1 Navy · ΔE 22.9 Royal blue · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#986600

Analogous#007E98, #1A0098

Triadic#980032, #329800

Split complementary#981A00, #7E9800

Tetradic#98007E, #986600, #00981A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6598FF

Lighter +30%#3275FF

Lighter +20%#0054FE

Lighter +10%#0043CB

Darker −10%#002165

Darker −20%#001032

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003298

Less saturated −25%#133885

Channel breakdown

G50

B152

Red0 (0%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue220.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 32 · B 98

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