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Recognised as Colour

#0004BC

  • #0004BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#0004BC is a blue with RGB values 0, 4, 188 and HSL 239°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0004BC#0004BC
HEX#0004BC
RGBrgb(0, 4, 188)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0157, 0.7373
RGB percentages0%, 1.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(238.7, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.7, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK100%, 97.9%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,212
CSS custom property--colour: #0004BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.04:1
Contrast with white12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#101010
Inverted#FFFB43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0040C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#002BB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#004E6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.4Dark blue · ΔE 21.7Blue violet · ΔE 23.5Dark violet · ΔE 26.7Navy · ΔE 27Blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB800
Analogous#0062BC, #5A00BC
Triadic#BC0004, #04BC00
Split complementary#BC5A00, #62BC00
Tetradic#BC0062, #BCB800, #00BC5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#898CFF
Lighter +30%#565AFF
Lighter +20%#2328FF
Lighter +10%#0005EF
Darker −10%#000389
Darker −20%#000256
Darker −30%#000123
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0004BC
Less saturated −25%#181BA5

Channel breakdown

R0
G4
B188
Red0 (0%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue238.72°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 04 · B BC

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