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Recognised as Colour

#000AEE

  • #000AEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#000AEE is a blue with RGB values 0, 10, 238 and HSL 237°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#000AEE#000AEE
HEX#000AEE
RGBrgb(0, 10, 238)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0392, 0.9333
RGB percentages0%, 3.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(237.5, 100%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.5, 100%, 93.3%)
CMYK100%, 95.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,798
CSS custom property--colour: #000AEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#181818
Inverted#FFF511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003AEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00658Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 111.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 8.8Medium blue · ΔE 13Blue violet · ΔE 29.4Dark violet · ΔE 32.6Dark blue · ΔE 43Dark orchid · ΔE 44.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEE400
Analogous#0081EE, #6D00EE
Triadic#EE000A, #0AEE00
Split complementary#EE6D00, #81EE00
Tetradic#EE0081, #EEE400, #00EE6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBBEFF
Lighter +30%#888DFF
Lighter +20%#555CFF
Lighter +10%#222BFF
Darker −10%#0008BB
Darker −20%#000688
Darker −30%#000455
Darker −40%#000122
More saturated +25%#000AEE
Less saturated −25%#1E25D0

Channel breakdown

R0
G10
B238
Red0 (0%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue237.48°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 0A · B EE

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