Recognised as Colour

#000BCF

#000BCF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#000BCF is a blue with RGB values 0, 11, 207 and HSL 237°, 100%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#000BCF#000BCF

HEX#000BCF

RGBrgb(0, 11, 207)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0431, 0.8118

RGB percentages0%, 4.3%, 81.2%

HSLhsl(236.8, 100%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(236.8, 100%, 81.2%)

CMYK100%, 94.7%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,023

CSS custom property--colour: #000BCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.78:1

Contrast with white10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#FFF430

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0048D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#0032CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Tritanopia#005779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 2.1 Blue · ΔE 22.7 Blue violet · ΔE 23.3 Dark violet · ΔE 27 Dark blue · ΔE 29.1 Navy · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 2.09, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CFC400

Analogous#0073CF, #5C00CF

Triadic#CF000B, #0BCF00

Split complementary#CF5D00, #72CF00

Tetradic#CF0073, #CFC400, #00CF5D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9CA1FF

Lighter +30%#6971FF

Lighter +20%#3641FF

Lighter +10%#0310FF

Darker −10%#00089C

Darker −20%#000669

Darker −30%#000336

Darker −40%#000003

More saturated +25%#000BCF

Less saturated −25%#1A22B5

Channel breakdown

G11

B207

Red0 (0%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue207 (81.2%)

Hue236.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0B · B CF

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