Colour

#001ACB

#001ACB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#001ACB is a blue with RGB values 0, 26, 203 and HSL 232°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#001ACB#001ACB

HEX#001ACB

RGBrgb(0, 26, 203)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.102, 0.7961

RGB percentages0%, 10.2%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(232.3, 100%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(232.3, 100%, 79.6%)

CMYK100%, 87.2%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,859

CSS custom property--colour: #001ACB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.45:1

Contrast with white10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#FFE534

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005878no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.7 Blue violet · ΔE 22.1 Dark blue · ΔE 24 Dark violet · ΔE 26.7 Blue · ΔE 28.8 Navy · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CBB100

Analogous#0080CB, #4B00CB

Triadic#CB001A, #1ACB00

Split complementary#CB4C00, #7FCB00

Tetradic#CB0080, #CBB100, #00CB4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#98A5FF

Lighter +30%#6579FF

Lighter +20%#324CFF

Lighter +10%#0021FE

Darker −10%#001398

Darker −20%#000D65

Darker −30%#000632

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001ACB

Less saturated −25%#192DB2

Channel breakdown

G26

B203

Red0 (0%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue232.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 1A · B CB

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