Recognised as Colour

#001ED6

#001ED6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#001ED6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 30, 214 and HSL 232°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#001ED6

RGBrgb(0, 30, 214)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1176, 0.8392

RGB percentages0%, 11.8%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(231.6, 100%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(231.6, 100%, 83.9%)

CMYK100%, 86%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,894

CSS custom property--colour: #001ED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.74:1

Contrast with white9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#FFE129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004EDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Tritanopia#005E7Fno 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 text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.9 Blue violet · ΔE 22 Blue · ΔE 25.1 Dark violet · ΔE 27 Dark blue · ΔE 28.1 Navy · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D6B800

Analogous#0089D6, #4D00D6

Triadic#D6001E, #1ED600

Split complementary#D64D00, #89D600

Tetradic#D60089, #D6B800, #00D64D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A3B0FF

Lighter +30%#7084FF

Lighter +20%#3D58FF

Lighter +10%#0A2CFF

Darker −10%#0017A3

Darker −20%#001070

Darker −30%#00093D

Darker −40%#00010A

More saturated +25%#001ED6

Less saturated −25%#1B31BB

Channel breakdown

G30

B214

Red0 (0%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue231.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 1E · B D6

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