Recognised as Colour

#0003C5

#0003C5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0003C5 is a blue with RGB values 0, 3, 197 and HSL 239°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0003C5#0003C5

HEX#0003C5

RGBrgb(0, 3, 197)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0118, 0.7725

RGB percentages0%, 1.2%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(239.1, 100%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(239.1, 100%, 77.3%)

CMYK100%, 98.5%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer965

CSS custom property--colour: #0003C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.54:1

Contrast with white11.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#FFFC3A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#002EC2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005173no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 4.1 Blue violet · ΔE 23.4 Blue · ΔE 25.7 Dark blue · ΔE 26 Dark violet · ΔE 26.6 Navy · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 4.14, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C5C200

Analogous#0066C5, #5F00C5

Triadic#C50003, #03C500

Split complementary#C55F00, #66C500

Tetradic#C50066, #C5C200, #00C55F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9294FF

Lighter +30%#5F61FF

Lighter +20%#2C2FFF

Lighter +10%#0004F8

Darker −10%#000292

Darker −20%#00015F

Darker −30%#00012C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0003C5

Less saturated −25%#191BAC

Channel breakdown

B197

Red0 (0%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue239.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 03 · B C5

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