Colour

#000ADB

#000ADB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#000ADB is a blue with RGB values 0, 10, 219 and HSL 237°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#000ADB#000ADB

HEX#000ADB

RGBrgb(0, 10, 219)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0392, 0.8588

RGB percentages0%, 3.9%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(237.3, 100%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(237.3, 100%, 85.9%)

CMYK100%, 95.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,779

CSS custom property--colour: #000ADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.16:1

Contrast with white10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#FFF524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Tritanopia#005C80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 104.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 4.8 Blue · ΔE 17.1 Blue violet · ΔE 25.1 Dark violet · ΔE 28.5 Dark blue · ΔE 34.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 4.78, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DBD100

Analogous#0077DB, #6400DB

Triadic#DB000A, #0ADB00

Split complementary#DB6400, #77DB00

Tetradic#DB0077, #DBD100, #00DB64

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A8ACFF

Lighter +30%#757BFF

Lighter +20%#424BFF

Lighter +10%#0F1AFF

Darker −10%#0008A8

Darker −20%#000575

Darker −30%#000342

Darker −40%#00010F

More saturated +25%#000ADB

Less saturated −25%#1B23C0

Channel breakdown

G10

B219

Red0 (0%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue237.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0A · B DB

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