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Recognised as Colour

#010079

  • #010079
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#010079 is a blue with RGB values 1, 0, 121 and HSL 240°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#010079#010079
HEX#010079
RGBrgb(1, 0, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0, 0.4745
RGB percentages0.4%, 0%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(240.5, 100%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240.5, 100%, 47.5%)
CMYK99.2%, 100%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer65,657
CSS custom property--colour: #010079;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness40.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.44:1
Contrast with white16.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#090909
Inverted#FEFF86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00267Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#001877no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#002F44no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 3.4Dark blue · ΔE 8.7Indigo · ΔE 13.7Midnight blue · ΔE 19.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 3.42, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#787900
Analogous#003C79, #3D0079
Triadic#790100, #007901
Split complementary#793D00, #3C7900
Tetradic#79003C, #787900, #00793D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4846FF
Lighter +30%#1513FF
Lighter +20%#0200DF
Lighter +10%#0100AC
Darker −10%#010046
Darker −20%#000013
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#010079
Less saturated −25%#100F6A

Channel breakdown

R1
G0
B121
Red1 (0.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue240.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 00 · B 79

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