Colour

#0000C6

#0000C6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0000C6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 0, 198 and HSL 240°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0000C6#0000C6

HEX#0000C6

RGBrgb(0, 0, 198)

RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.7765

RGB percentages0%, 0%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 77.6%)

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer198

CSS custom property--colour: #0000C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.57:1

Contrast with white11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0E0E0E

Inverted#FFFF39

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#002DC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005273no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 3.1 Blue violet · ΔE 23.7 Blue · ΔE 24.7 Dark violet · ΔE 26.8 Dark blue · ΔE 27 Navy · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 3.1, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6C600

Analogous#0063C6, #6300C6

Triadic#C60000, #00C600

Split complementary#C66300, #63C600

Tetradic#C60063, #C6C600, #00C663

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9393FF

Lighter +30%#6060FF

Lighter +20%#2D2DFF

Lighter +10%#0000F9

Darker −10%#000093

Darker −20%#000060

Darker −30%#00002D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0000C6

Less saturated −25%#1919AD

Channel breakdown

B198

Red0 (0%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B C6

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