Colour

#0000D6

#0000D6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0000D6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 0, 214 and HSL 240°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0000D6#0000D6

HEX#0000D6

RGBrgb(0, 0, 214)

RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.8392

RGB percentages0%, 0%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 83.9%)

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer214

CSS custom property--colour: #0000D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.65:1

Contrast with white10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0F0F0F

Inverted#FFFF29

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0032D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Tritanopia#00597Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 103.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 4 Blue · ΔE 17.6 Blue violet · ΔE 25.3 Dark violet · ΔE 28.4 Dark blue · ΔE 34 Dark orchid · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 3.95, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D6D600

Analogous#006BD6, #6B00D6

Triadic#D60000, #00D600

Split complementary#D66B00, #6BD600

Tetradic#D6006B, #D6D600, #00D66B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A3A3FF

Lighter +30%#7070FF

Lighter +20%#3D3DFF

Lighter +10%#0A0AFF

Darker −10%#0000A3

Darker −20%#000070

Darker −30%#00003D

Darker −40%#00000A

More saturated +25%#0000D6

Less saturated −25%#1B1BBB

Channel breakdown

B214

Red0 (0%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B D6

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