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#100B4E

#100b4e ≈ Midnight Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#100b4e is a color from the blue family, with very low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.27% red, 4.31% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.49% cyan, 85.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 69.41% black. Its hue angle is 244.48°, with 75.28% saturation and 17.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and luxury branding. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Midnight Blue (#191970), ΔE 6.15.

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Web safe#000066
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Relative luminance0.009

Complementary

  1. #100b4e
  2. #494e0b

Split complementary

  1. #100b4e
  2. #4e310b
  3. #274e0b

Analogous

  1. #0b274e
  2. #100b4e
  3. #310b4e

Triadic

  1. #100b4e
  2. #4e100b
  3. #0b4e10

Tetradic

  1. #100b4e
  2. #4e0b49
  3. #494e0b
  4. #0b4e10

Square

  1. #100b4e
  2. #4e0b27
  3. #494e0b
  4. #0b4e31

Monochromatic

  1. #040312
  2. #040312
  3. #100b4e
  4. #1e1491
  5. #2c1ed4

Shades

#100b4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #100b4e
  2. #0e0a46
  3. #0d093e
  4. #0b0837
  5. #0a072f
  6. #080627
  7. #06041f
  8. #050317
  9. #030210
  10. #020108
  11. #000000

Tints

#100b4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #100b4e
  2. #282360
  3. #403c71
  4. #585483
  5. #706d95
  6. #8885a7
  7. #9f9db8
  8. #b7b6ca
  9. #cfcedc
  10. #e7e7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#100b4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #100b4e
  2. #1b1753
  3. #262258
  4. #322e5d
  5. #3d3a62
  6. #484667
  7. #53516c
  8. #5e5d71
  9. #6a6976
  10. #75747b
  11. #808080

Readable text 17.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #181818 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #151335 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #001b50 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #00154d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #001f2c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #00164f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #00114d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00193c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-100b4e {
  color: #100b4e;
}
Background
.bg-100b4e {
  background-color: #100b4e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-100b4e {
  border: 2px solid #100b4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #100b4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 16 11 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 75% 17%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-100b4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #100b4e, #310b4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-100b4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(16 11 78 / 0.35);
}

#191970 Midnight Blue ΔE 6.15 #32127a Persian Indigo ΔE 8.32 #000080 Navy ΔE 8.66 #000f89 Phthalo Blue ΔE 9.51 #00008b Dark Blue ΔE 10.02 #002147 Oxford Blue ΔE 10.21 #4b0082 Indigo ΔE 11.84 #eff4b1 Inverted #181818 Grayscale 

Midnight Blue
#100b4e  rgb(16, 11, 78)  hsl(244, 75%, 17%)  Midnight Blue
#494e0b  rgb(73, 78, 11)  hsl(64, 75%, 17%)  Army Green
#4e100b  rgb(78, 16, 11)  hsl(4, 75%, 17%)  Rosewood
#0b4e10  rgb(11, 78, 16)  hsl(124, 75%, 17%)  Lincoln Green