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Recognised as Colour

#022189

  • #022189
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#022189 is a blue with RGB values 2, 33, 137 and HSL 226°, 97%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#022189#022189
HEX#022189
RGBrgb(2, 33, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.1294, 0.5373
RGB percentages0.8%, 12.9%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(226.2, 97.1%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 98.5%, 53.7%)
CMYK98.5%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer139,657
CSS custom property--colour: #022189;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.28:1
Contrast with white13.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#FDDE76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00368Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#002987no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004053no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.8Navy · ΔE 15.5Indigo · ΔE 18.1Dark blue · ΔE 19Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#896A02
Analogous#026589, #260289
Triadic#890221, #218902
Split complementary#892602, #658902
Tetradic#890265, #896A02, #028926

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5A80FD
Lighter +30%#2859FC
Lighter +20%#0339EE
Lighter +10%#032DBB
Darker −10%#011557
Darker −20%#010924
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00208B
Less saturated −25%#132A78

Channel breakdown

R2
G33
B137
Red2 (0.8%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue226.22°
Saturation (HSL)97.12%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 21 · B 89

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