Colour

#0000FC

#0000FC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#0000FC is a blue with RGB values 0, 0, 252 and HSL 240°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#0000FC#0000FC

HEX#0000FC

RGBrgb(0, 0, 252)

RGB (0–1)0, 0, 0.9882

RGB percentages0%, 0%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 100%, 98.8%)

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer252

CSS custom property--colour: #0000FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.73:1

Contrast with white8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#121212

Inverted#FFFF03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0058FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#003DF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Tritanopia#006A94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 117.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 1.3 Medium blue · ΔE 20.3 Blue violet · ΔE 34.8 Dark violet · ΔE 37.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 50 Dark blue · ΔE 50.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 1.27, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FCFC00

Analogous#007EFC, #7E00FC

Triadic#FC0000, #00FC00

Split complementary#FC7E00, #7EFC00

Tetradic#FC007E, #FCFC00, #00FC7E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9C9FF

Lighter +30%#9696FF

Lighter +20%#6363FF

Lighter +10%#3030FF

Darker −10%#0000C9

Darker −20%#000096

Darker −30%#000063

Darker −40%#000030

More saturated +25%#0000FC

Less saturated −25%#2020DD

Channel breakdown

B252

Red0 (0%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 00 · B FC

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