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Information about Dark Blue color

#00008B - Dark Blue color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#00008B, known as "Dark Blue", falls into the Blue Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(0, 0, 139) — 0% red, 0% green, 54.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 55 / 55 / 0 / 45. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #00008B reads as a intensely saturated classic blue and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Navy Blue (#000080). Slightly further away sit Phthalo Blue (#000F89) and Duke Blue (#00009C).

The recipe behind #00008B is rgb(0, 0, 139), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 15.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.4:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Dark Blue" in the Register.

Dark Blue color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Dark Blue color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Dark Blue

#00008B
#0000D4

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#1F1FFF

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#6A6AFF

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#B4B4FF

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White

#FFFFFF

Dark Blue color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Dark Blue

#00008B
#00006E

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#000052

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#000037

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#00001B

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Black

#000000

Dark Blue color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Dark Blue

#00008B
#101091

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#242493

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#3E3E91

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#5C5C8A

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Grey

#808080

Dark Blue color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#89006E

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#6E0089

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#370089

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Dark Blue

#00008B
#003789

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#006E89

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#00896E

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Dark Blue color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
#00008B
Dark Blue

#00008B

#8A8A00
#8A8A00

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
#00008B
Dark Blue

#00008B

#458A00
#458A00

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#8A4500
#8A4500

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
#45008A
#45008A

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#00008B
Dark Blue

#00008B

#00458A
#00458A

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
#00008B
Dark Blue

#00008B

#8A0000
#8A0000

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#008A00
#008A00

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
#00008B
Dark Blue

#00008B

#8A008A
#8A008A

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#8A8A00
#8A8A00

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#008A00
#008A00

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
#00008B
Dark Blue

#00008B

#8A0045
#8A0045

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#8A8A00
#8A8A00

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#008A45
#008A45

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Nearest named colors to Dark Blue

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Navy Blue color link
Navy Blue

#000080

Phthalo Blue color link
Phthalo Blue

#000F89

Duke Blue color link
Duke Blue

#00009C

South Africa Blue color link
South Africa Blue

#001489

Earth Blue color link
Earth Blue

#0000A0

Cadmium Blue color link
Cadmium Blue

#0A1195

Dark Imperial Blue color link
Dark Imperial Blue

#00147E

Brayden's Blue color link
Brayden's Blue

#0000A3

Deep Blue color link
Deep Blue

#040273

Royal color link
Royal

#0C1793

Neon Dark Blue color link
Neon Dark Blue

#000370

Taylor Blue color link
Taylor Blue

#111398

Dark Blue color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#00008B
  • RGB0, 0, 139
  • CMYK55, 55, 0, 45
  • CSSrgb(0, 0, 139)
  • HSL240°, 100%, 27%
  • HSL Precise240°, 100%, 27.255%
  • HSV240°, 100%, 55%
  • HSB240°, 100%, 55%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • GLSLvec3(0.000, 0.000, 0.545)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.000, 0.000, 0.545, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.000, 0.000, 0.545)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB54.5%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID00008B
  • DECIMAL ID139
  • Name Length9
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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