Recognised as Colour

#0003CE

#0003CE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0003CE is a blue with RGB values 0, 3, 206 and HSL 239°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0003CE#0003CE

HEX#0003CE

RGBrgb(0, 3, 206)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0118, 0.8078

RGB percentages0%, 1.2%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(239.1, 100%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(239.1, 100%, 80.8%)

CMYK100%, 98.5%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer974

CSS custom property--colour: #0003CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.03:1

Contrast with white11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#FFFC31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0030CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Tritanopia#005678no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 100.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 0.5 Blue · ΔE 21.7 Blue violet · ΔE 24 Dark violet · ΔE 27.2 Dark blue · ΔE 30 Navy · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 0.51, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CECB00

Analogous#006ACE, #6400CE

Triadic#CE0003, #03CE00

Split complementary#CE6400, #6ACE00

Tetradic#CE006A, #CECB00, #00CE64

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9B9CFF

Lighter +30%#686AFF

Lighter +20%#3538FF

Lighter +10%#0206FF

Darker −10%#00029B

Darker −20%#000268

Darker −30%#000135

Darker −40%#000002

More saturated +25%#0003CE

Less saturated −25%#1A1CB4

Channel breakdown

B206

Red0 (0%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue239.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 03 · B CE

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