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Recognised as Colour

#000FF6

  • #000FF6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#000FF6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 15, 246 and HSL 236°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#000FF6#000FF6
HEX#000FF6
RGBrgb(0, 15, 246)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0588, 0.9647
RGB percentages0%, 5.9%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(236.3, 100%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.3, 100%, 96.5%)
CMYK100%, 93.9%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,086
CSS custom property--colour: #000FF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#FFF009

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DF3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#006991no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 113.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 6.3Medium blue · ΔE 15.8Blue violet · ΔE 31.1Dark violet · ΔE 34.2Dark blue · ΔE 45.8Dark orchid · ΔE 46
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6E700
Analogous#008AF6, #6C00F6
Triadic#F6000F, #0FF600
Split complementary#F66C00, #8AF600
Tetradic#F6008A, #F6E700, #00F66C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3C7FF
Lighter +30%#9097FF
Lighter +20%#5D67FF
Lighter +10%#2A37FF
Darker −10%#000CC3
Darker −20%#000990
Darker −30%#00065D
Darker −40%#00032A
More saturated +25%#000FF6
Less saturated −25%#1F2AD7

Channel breakdown

R0
G15
B246
Red0 (0%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue236.34°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 0F · B F6

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