Colour

#000EBD

#000EBD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#000EBD is a blue with RGB values 0, 14, 189 and HSL 236°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#000EBD#000EBD

HEX#000EBD

RGBrgb(0, 14, 189)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0549, 0.7412

RGB percentages0%, 5.5%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(235.6, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(235.6, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK100%, 92.6%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,773

CSS custom property--colour: #000EBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.68:1

Contrast with white11.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#FFF142

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0042C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#002EBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Tritanopia#004F6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 10.3 Dark blue · ΔE 20.3 Blue violet · ΔE 23.1 Navy · ΔE 25.5 Dark violet · ΔE 26.8 Blue · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 10.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BDAF00

Analogous#006DBD, #5000BD

Triadic#BD000E, #0EBD00

Split complementary#BD5000, #6DBD00

Tetradic#BD006D, #BDAF00, #00BD50

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8A93FF

Lighter +30%#5763FF

Lighter +20%#2434FF

Lighter +10%#0012F0

Darker −10%#000A8A

Darker −20%#000657

Darker −30%#000324

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000EBD

Less saturated −25%#1822A5

Channel breakdown

G14

B189

Red0 (0%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue235.56°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0E · B BD

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