#00356Boklch(0.3324 0.1071 254.4)
Yale Blue (#00356B) is a dark muted blue. In OKLCH it has lightness 33.2%, chroma 0.107 and hue 254.4°; its relative luminance is 3.6%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 101, WCAG 12.20:1). The closest RAL Classic paint is RAL 5026 Pearl night blue (ΔE00 4.5). In plain ISCC-NBS terms it is a dark blue. It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 2.8).
#00356B in every format
| HEX | #00356B |
| RGB | rgb(0 53 107) |
| HSL | hsl(210.3 100.0% 21.0%) |
| HSB / HSV | hsb(210.3 100.0% 42.0%) |
| HWB | hwb(210.3 0.0% 58.0%) |
| CMYK (formula) | cmyk(100/50/0/58) |
| CMYK (FOGRA39 coated) | cmyk(100/83/33/18) |
| CIELAB (D50) | lab(21.74 2.48 -36.62) |
| LCh | lch(21.74 36.70 273.9) |
| OKLab | oklab(0.3324 -0.0289 -0.1031) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.3324 0.1071 254.4) |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.03927 0.03608 0.14400) |
| CIE xyY | xyY(0.1790 0.1645 0.0361) |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.0729 0.2042 0.4051) |
| Linear sRGB | color(srgb-linear 0.00000 0.03560 0.14703) |
| CSS name | — |
Text on #00356B
White textWCAG 12.20:1 · APCA Lc 101
Black textWCAG 1.72:1 · APCA Lc 0