Colour

#001AEB

#001AEB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#001AEB is a blue with RGB values 0, 26, 235 and HSL 233°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#001AEB#001AEB

HEX#001AEB

RGBrgb(0, 26, 235)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.102, 0.9216

RGB percentages0%, 10.2%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(233.4, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(233.4, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK100%, 88.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,891

CSS custom property--colour: #001AEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.95:1

Contrast with white8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#FFE514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0055F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003DE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00668Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 107.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.5 Blue · ΔE 14 Blue violet · ΔE 26.1 Dark violet · ΔE 30.2 Dark blue · ΔE 38.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBD100

Analogous#0090EB, #5B00EB

Triadic#EB001A, #1AEB00

Split complementary#EB5B00, #90EB00

Tetradic#EB0090, #EBD100, #00EB5B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B8C0FF

Lighter +30%#8592FF

Lighter +20%#5265FF

Lighter +10%#1F38FF

Darker −10%#0014B8

Darker −20%#000F85

Darker −30%#000952

Darker −40%#00031F

More saturated +25%#001AEB

Less saturated −25%#1D31CE

Channel breakdown

G26

B235

Red0 (0%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue233.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 1A · B EB

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