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Recognised as Colour

#003498

  • #003498
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#003498 is a blue with RGB values 0, 52, 152 and HSL 219°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#003498#003498
HEX#003498
RGBrgb(0, 52, 152)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2039, 0.5961
RGB percentages0%, 20.4%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(219.5, 100%, 29.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.5, 100%, 59.6%)
CMYK100%, 65.8%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,464
CSS custom property--colour: #003498;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.8:1
Contrast with white10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#FFCB67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00449Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003796no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#004F61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 20Slate blue · ΔE 21.1Royal blue · ΔE 23.1Navy · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#986400
Analogous#008098, #180098
Triadic#980034, #349800
Split complementary#981800, #809800
Tetradic#980080, #986400, #009818

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#659AFF
Lighter +30%#3278FF
Lighter +20%#0057FE
Lighter +10%#0045CB
Darker −10%#002365
Darker −20%#001132
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003498
Less saturated −25%#133A85

Channel breakdown

R0
G52
B152
Red0 (0%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue219.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 34 · B 98

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