Colour

#001AC3

#001AC3
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#001AC3 is a blue with RGB values 0, 26, 195 and HSL 232°, 100%, 38%. 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

#001AC3#001AC3

HEX#001AC3

RGBrgb(0, 26, 195)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.102, 0.7647

RGB percentages0%, 10.2%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(232, 100%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(232, 100%, 76.5%)

CMYK100%, 86.7%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,851

CSS custom property--colour: #001AC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.85:1

Contrast with white10.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#FFE53C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0033C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Tritanopia#005573no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 12.1 Dark blue · ΔE 20.4 Blue violet · ΔE 22.6 Navy · ΔE 25.5 Dark violet · ΔE 27.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 12.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C3A900

Analogous#007BC3, #4700C3

Triadic#C3001A, #1AC300

Split complementary#C34800, #7BC300

Tetradic#C3007C, #C3A900, #00C348

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#909FFF

Lighter +30%#5D73FF

Lighter +20%#2A46FF

Lighter +10%#0021F6

Darker −10%#001390

Darker −20%#000C5D

Darker −30%#00062A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001AC3

Less saturated −25%#182CAB

Channel breakdown

G26

B195

Red0 (0%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue232°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 1A · B C3

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