Colour

#001EBA

#001EBA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#001EBA is a blue with RGB values 0, 30, 186 and HSL 230°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#001EBA#001EBA

HEX#001EBA

RGBrgb(0, 30, 186)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1176, 0.7294

RGB percentages0%, 11.8%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(230.3, 100%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(230.3, 100%, 72.9%)

CMYK100%, 83.9%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,866

CSS custom property--colour: #001EBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.08:1

Contrast with white11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#FFE145

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0045BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0032B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00526Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.6 Medium blue · ΔE 18.2 Navy · ΔE 20.3 Blue violet · ΔE 24.4 Indigo · ΔE 27.1 Dark violet · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BA9C00

Analogous#007BBA, #3F00BA

Triadic#BA001E, #1EBA00

Split complementary#BA3F00, #7BBA00

Tetradic#BA007B, #BA9C00, #00BA3F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#879AFF

Lighter +30%#5470FF

Lighter +20%#2145FF

Lighter +10%#0026ED

Darker −10%#001687

Darker −20%#000E54

Darker −30%#000521

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001EBA

Less saturated −25%#172EA3

Channel breakdown

G30

B186

Red0 (0%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue230.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 1E · B BA

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