Colour

#0000EE

#0000EE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#0000EE is a blue with RGB values 0, 0, 238 and HSL 240°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#0000EE#0000EE

HEX#0000EE

HEX (short)#00E

RGBrgb(0, 0, 238)

RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.9333

RGB percentages0%, 0%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer238

CSS custom property--colour: #0000EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.4:1

Contrast with white9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#FFFF11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0052F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00648Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 113 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 7.2 Medium blue · ΔE 14.3 Blue violet · ΔE 30.7 Dark violet · ΔE 33.5 Dark blue · ΔE 44.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 45.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EEEE00

Analogous#0077EE, #7700EE

Triadic#EE0000, #00EE00

Split complementary#EE7700, #77EE00

Tetradic#EE0077, #EEEE00, #00EE77

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBBBFF

Lighter +30%#8888FF

Lighter +20%#5555FF

Lighter +10%#2222FF

Darker −10%#0000BB

Darker −20%#000088

Darker −30%#000055

Darker −40%#000022

More saturated +25%#0000EE

Less saturated −25%#1E1ED0

Channel breakdown

B238

Red0 (0%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B EE

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