Colour

#000BCC

#000BCC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#000BCC is a blue with RGB values 0, 11, 204 and HSL 237°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#000BCC#000BCC

HEX#000BCC

RGBrgb(0, 11, 204)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0431, 0.8

RGB percentages0%, 4.3%, 80%

HSLhsl(236.8, 100%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(236.8, 100%, 80%)

CMYK100%, 94.6%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,020

CSS custom property--colour: #000BCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04599WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.94:1

Contrast with white10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#FFF433

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0031C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Tritanopia#005677no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 3 Blue violet · ΔE 23.1 Blue · ΔE 24 Dark violet · ΔE 26.8 Dark blue · ΔE 27.8 Navy · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 3.02, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CCC100

Analogous#0071CC, #5B00CC

Triadic#CC000B, #0BCC00

Split complementary#CC5B00, #71CC00

Tetradic#CC0071, #CCC100, #00CC5B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#999FFF

Lighter +30%#666EFF

Lighter +20%#333EFF

Lighter +10%#000EFF

Darker −10%#000899

Darker −20%#000666

Darker −30%#000333

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000BCC

Less saturated −25%#1922B3

Channel breakdown

G11

B204

Red0 (0%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue236.76°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0B · B CC

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