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Recognised as Colour

#043299

  • #043299
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#043299 is a blue with RGB values 4, 50, 153 and HSL 221°, 95%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#043299#043299
HEX#043299
RGBrgb(4, 50, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.1961, 0.6
RGB percentages1.6%, 19.6%, 60%
HSLhsl(221.5, 94.9%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 97.4%, 60%)
CMYK97.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer275,097
CSS custom property--colour: #043299;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.93:1
Contrast with white10.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#FBCD66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00439Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003697no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004E61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.4Slate blue · ΔE 20.8Navy · ΔE 22.4Royal blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#996B04
Analogous#047D99, #200499
Triadic#990432, #329904
Split complementary#992004, #7D9904
Tetradic#99047D, #996B04, #049920

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6E99FB
Lighter +30%#3C77FA
Lighter +20%#0A54F9
Lighter +10%#0542CB
Darker −10%#032267
Darker −20%#011236
Darker −30%#000104
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00309D
Less saturated −25%#183A85

Channel breakdown

R4
G50
B153
Red4 (1.6%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue221.48°
Saturation (HSL)94.9%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 04 · G 32 · B 99

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