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Recognised as Colour

#001ECA

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

#001ECA is a blue with RGB values 0, 30, 202 and HSL 231°, 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

#001ECA#001ECA
HEX#001ECA
RGBrgb(0, 30, 202)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.1176, 0.7922
RGB percentages0%, 11.8%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(231.1, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.1, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK100%, 85.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,882
CSS custom property--colour: #001ECA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05193WCAG 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 10.3:1
Contrast with white10.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#FFE135

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004ACFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0036C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005978no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11Blue violet · ΔE 22Dark blue · ΔE 22.6Dark violet · ΔE 27Navy · ΔE 27.7Blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 10.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAAC00
Analogous#0083CA, #4700CA
Triadic#CA001E, #1ECA00
Split complementary#CA4700, #83CA00
Tetradic#CA0083, #CAAC00, #00CA47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#97A6FF
Lighter +30%#647BFF
Lighter +20%#3150FF
Lighter +10%#0026FD
Darker −10%#001697
Darker −20%#000F64
Darker −30%#000731
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001ECA
Less saturated −25%#1930B1

Channel breakdown

R0
G30
B202
Red0 (0%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue231.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 1E · B CA

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