Colour

#001CE2

#001CE2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#001CE2 is a blue with RGB values 0, 28, 226 and HSL 233°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#001CE2#001CE2

HEX#001CE2

RGBrgb(0, 28, 226)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1098, 0.8863

RGB percentages0%, 11%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(232.6, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(232.6, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK100%, 87.6%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,394

CSS custom property--colour: #001CE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.27:1

Contrast with white9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#FFE31D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0052E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#006286no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 102.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.4 Blue · ΔE 18.8 Blue violet · ΔE 23.8 Dark violet · ΔE 28.3 Dark blue · ΔE 34.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 37.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E2C600

Analogous#008DE2, #5500E2

Triadic#E2001C, #1CE200

Split complementary#E25500, #8DE200

Tetradic#E2008D, #E2C600, #00E255

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AFB9FF

Lighter +30%#7C8CFF

Lighter +20%#4960FF

Lighter +10%#1633FF

Darker −10%#0016AF

Darker −20%#000F7C

Darker −30%#000949

Darker −40%#000316

More saturated +25%#001CE2

Less saturated −25%#1C31C6

Channel breakdown

G28

B226

Red0 (0%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue232.57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 1C · B E2

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