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Recognised as Colour

#001ACD

  • #001ACD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#001ACD is a blue with RGB values 0, 26, 205 and HSL 232°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#001ACD#001ACD
HEX#001ACD
RGBrgb(0, 26, 205)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.102, 0.8039
RGB percentages0%, 10.2%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(232.4, 100%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.4, 100%, 80.4%)
CMYK100%, 87.3%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,861
CSS custom property--colour: #001ACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.35:1
Contrast with white10.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#FFE532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004AD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0035CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005979no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.9Blue violet · ΔE 22Dark blue · ΔE 25Dark violet · ΔE 26.7Blue · ΔE 27.8Navy · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDB300
Analogous#0081CD, #4C00CD
Triadic#CD001A, #1ACD00
Split complementary#CD4C00, #81CD00
Tetradic#CD0081, #CDB300, #00CD4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9AA7FF
Lighter +30%#677AFF
Lighter +20%#344EFF
Lighter +10%#0121FF
Darker −10%#00149A
Darker −20%#000D67
Darker −30%#000734
Darker −40%#000001
More saturated +25%#001ACD
Less saturated −25%#1A2DB3

Channel breakdown

R0
G26
B205
Red0 (0%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue232.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 1A · B CD

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