Recognised as Colour

#001CD6

#001CD6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#001CD6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 28, 214 and HSL 232°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#001CD6

RGBrgb(0, 28, 214)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1098, 0.8392

RGB percentages0%, 11%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(232.1, 100%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(232.1, 100%, 83.9%)

CMYK100%, 86.9%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,382

CSS custom property--colour: #001CD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.83:1

Contrast with white9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#FFE329

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004EDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0038D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Tritanopia#005D7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.1 Blue violet · ΔE 22.2 Blue · ΔE 24.3 Dark violet · ΔE 27 Dark blue · ΔE 28.6 Navy · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.09, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D6BA00

Analogous#0087D6, #4F00D6

Triadic#D6001C, #1CD600

Split complementary#D64F00, #87D600

Tetradic#D60087, #D6BA00, #00D64F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A3AFFF

Lighter +30%#7083FF

Lighter +20%#3D56FF

Lighter +10%#0A2AFF

Darker −10%#0015A3

Darker −20%#000F70

Darker −30%#00083D

Darker −40%#00010A

More saturated +25%#001CD6

Less saturated −25%#1B30BB

Channel breakdown

G28

B214

Red0 (0%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue232.15°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 1C · B D6

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