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Recognised as Colour

#032989

  • #032989
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#032989 is a blue with RGB values 3, 41, 137 and HSL 223°, 96%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#032989#032989
HEX#032989
RGBrgb(3, 41, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.1608, 0.5373
RGB percentages1.2%, 16.1%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(223, 95.7%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223, 97.8%, 53.7%)
CMYK97.8%, 70.1%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer207,241
CSS custom property--colour: #032989;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.48:1
Contrast with white12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#FCD676

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003A8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#002E87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#004455no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 17Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.7Navy · ΔE 21.9Indigo · ΔE 22.5Slate blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#896303
Analogous#036C89, #200389
Triadic#890329, #298903
Split complementary#892003, #6C8903
Tetradic#89036C, #896303, #038920

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5D8AFB
Lighter +30%#2B66FA
Lighter +20%#0547ED
Lighter +10%#0438BB
Darker −10%#021A57
Darker −20%#010B25
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00288C
Less saturated −25%#143177

Channel breakdown

R3
G41
B137
Red3 (1.2%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue222.99°
Saturation (HSL)95.71%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 29 · B 89

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