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Recognised as Colour

#030988

  • #030988
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#030988 is a blue with RGB values 3, 9, 136 and HSL 237°, 96%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#030988#030988
HEX#030988
RGBrgb(3, 9, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.0353, 0.5333
RGB percentages1.2%, 3.5%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(237.3, 95.7%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.3, 97.8%, 53.3%)
CMYK97.8%, 93.4%, 0%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer199,048
CSS custom property--colour: #030988;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#111111
Inverted#FCF677

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002D8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#001F86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#00374Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 2.9Dark blue · ΔE 5.1Indigo · ΔE 14.3Midnight blue · ΔE 21.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.7Slate blue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 2.87, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#888203
Analogous#034B88, #400388
Triadic#880309, #098803
Split complementary#883F03, #4C8803
Tetradic#88034B, #888203, #038840

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5C63FB
Lighter +30%#2A33FA
Lighter +20%#0510EC
Lighter +10%#040CBA
Darker −10%#020656
Darker −20%#010224
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00068B
Less saturated −25%#141977

Channel breakdown

R3
G9
B136
Red3 (1.2%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue237.29°
Saturation (HSL)95.68%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 09 · B 88

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