Colour

#003795

#003795
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#003795 is a blue with RGB values 0, 55, 149 and HSL 218°, 100%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#003795#003795

HEX#003795

RGBrgb(0, 55, 149)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2157, 0.5843

RGB percentages0%, 21.6%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(217.9, 100%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.9, 100%, 58.4%)

CMYK100%, 63.1%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,229

CSS custom property--colour: #003795;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.6:1

Contrast with white10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#FFC86A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004598no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#003893no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#005060no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2 Slate blue · ΔE 22.3 Royal blue · ΔE 23.6 Indigo · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#955E00

Analogous#008195, #140095

Triadic#950037, #379500

Split complementary#951400, #819500

Tetradic#950081, #955E00, #009514

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#629CFF

Lighter +30%#2F7CFF

Lighter +20%#005DFB

Lighter +10%#004AC8

Darker −10%#002462

Darker −20%#00112F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003795

Less saturated −25%#133C82

Channel breakdown

G55

B149

Red0 (0%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue217.85°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 37 · B 95

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