Colour

#0000BE

#0000BE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0000BE is a blue with RGB values 0, 0, 190 and HSL 240°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0000BE#0000BE

HEX#0000BE

RGBrgb(0, 0, 190)

RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.7451

RGB percentages0%, 0%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 74.5%)

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer190

CSS custom property--colour: #0000BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.04:1

Contrast with white12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0E0E0E

Inverted#FFFF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0040C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#002BBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Tritanopia#004E6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.7 Dark blue · ΔE 23.4 Blue violet · ΔE 23.6 Dark violet · ΔE 26.6 Blue · ΔE 28.2 Navy · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BEBE00

Analogous#005FBE, #5F00BE

Triadic#BE0000, #00BE00

Split complementary#BE5F00, #5FBE00

Tetradic#BE005F, #BEBE00, #00BE5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#8B8BFF

Lighter +30%#5858FF

Lighter +20%#2525FF

Lighter +10%#0000F1

Darker −10%#00008B

Darker −20%#000058

Darker −30%#000025

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0000BE

Less saturated −25%#1818A6

Channel breakdown

B190

Red0 (0%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B BE

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