#001c42

Color #001c42

A vivid, highly saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 28.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#001c42

RGB

rgb(0, 28, 66)

HSL

hsl(214.5, 100%, 12.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.5, 100%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 57.6%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(10.73, 7.3, -27.01)

LCH

lch(10.73, 27.98, 285.12)

OKLCH

oklch(23.3%, 0.0803, 256.31)

HWB

hwb(214.5, 0%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#422600

Analogous

#003d42

#001c42

#050042

Triadic

#001c42

#42001c

#1c4200

Split-complementary

#001c42

#420500

#3d4200

Tetradic

#001c42

#260042

#422600

#1c4200

Square

#001c42

#42003d

#422600

#004205

Shades

Color #001c42 mixed toward black.

#001737

#00132c

#000e21

#000916

#00050b

Tints

Color #001c42 mixed toward white.

#003b8c

#005bd6

#217fff

#6baaff

#b5d4ff

Tones

Color #001c42 mixed toward gray.

#051d3c

#0b1e37

#101e31

#161f2c

#1b2026

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.24:1

White text reads better on this background (16.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#10103b · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#0e0b3a · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#023534 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#1d1d1d · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #001c42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#001c42]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#001c42 (#001c42) is rgb(0, 28, 66) in RGB.

No, #001c42 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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