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Recognised as Colour

#000CC0

  • #000CC0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#000CC0 is a blue with RGB values 0, 12, 192 and HSL 236°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#000CC0#000CC0
HEX#000CC0
RGBrgb(0, 12, 192)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0471, 0.7529
RGB percentages0%, 4.7%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(236.3, 100%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.3, 100%, 75.3%)
CMYK100%, 93.7%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,264
CSS custom property--colour: #000CC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#161616
Inverted#FFF33F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0042C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#002EBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#005070no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.4Dark blue · ΔE 22.1Blue violet · ΔE 23Dark violet · ΔE 26.6Navy · ΔE 27.3Blue · ΔE 29.8
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#C0B400
Analogous#006CC0, #5400C0
Triadic#C0000C, #0CC000
Split complementary#C05400, #6CC000
Tetradic#C0006C, #C0B400, #00C054

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8D94FF
Lighter +30%#5A64FF
Lighter +20%#2735FF
Lighter +10%#000FF3
Darker −10%#00098D
Darker −20%#00065A
Darker −30%#000227
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000CC0
Less saturated −25%#1821A8

Channel breakdown

R0
G12
B192
Red0 (0%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue236.25°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 0C · B C0

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