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Cloaked Aegirine

#002a73
Notes

Cloaked Aegirine (#002A73) is a deep azure with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (218°, 100%, 23%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary amber. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#002a73
RGB
rgb(0, 42, 115)
HSL
hsl(218, 100%, 23%)
HWB
hwb(218 0% 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(31.4% 0.133 260.7)
HSV
hsv(218, 100%, 45%)
LAB
lab(19.61% 19.27 -45.38)
LCH
lch(19.61% 49.30 293.01)
CMYK
cmyk(100%, 63%, 0%, 55%)

Etymology

Cloaked
adjective

Old French cloque, bell-cloak — past-participle of cloak. As a color modifier, cloaked implies a deep-fabric-shrouded quality where the hue is muffled by an enveloping textile-darkness. Sits at the deep-and-fabric end of the grid, parallel to mantled and hooded in usage.

Aegirine
noun

A sodium-iron pyroxene mineral — often saturated dark blue-green-black, mined principally in Norway, Greenland, and Russia. The name traces to Ægir, the Norse god of the sea. The color refers to a polished Norwegian aegirine specimen: a deep, slightly cool dark blue-green-black with the slight metallic luster of pyroxene.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#002a73
Original
#003575
Protanopia
#002b72
Deuteranopia
#003d4a
Tritanopia
#262626
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
13.30:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
1.58:1

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