Colour

#0003CB

#0003CB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0003CB is a blue with RGB values 0, 3, 203 and HSL 239°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0003CB#0003CB

HEX#0003CB

RGBrgb(0, 3, 203)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0118, 0.7961

RGB percentages0%, 1.2%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(239.1, 100%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(239.1, 100%, 79.6%)

CMYK100%, 98.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer971

CSS custom property--colour: #0003CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.2:1

Contrast with white11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#FFFC34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0045D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#002FC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 1.5 Blue · ΔE 23 Blue violet · ΔE 23.7 Dark violet · ΔE 27 Dark blue · ΔE 28.7 Navy · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 1.52, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CBC800

Analogous#0068CB, #6300CB

Triadic#CB0003, #03CB00

Split complementary#CB6300, #68CB00

Tetradic#CB0068, #CBC800, #00CB63

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#989AFF

Lighter +30%#6567FF

Lighter +20%#3235FF

Lighter +10%#0004FE

Darker −10%#000298

Darker −20%#000165

Darker −30%#000132

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0003CB

Less saturated −25%#191CB2

Channel breakdown

B203

Red0 (0%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue239.11°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 03 · B CB

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