Colour

#0027DC

#0027DC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0027DC is a blue with RGB values 0, 39, 220 and HSL 229°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0027DC#0027DC

HEX#0027DC

RGBrgb(0, 39, 220)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1529, 0.8627

RGB percentages0%, 15.3%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(229.4, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.4, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK100%, 82.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,204

CSS custom property--colour: #0027DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.04:1

Contrast with white9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#FFD823

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0053E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#003ED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Tritanopia#006384no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.8 Blue violet · ΔE 21.8 Blue · ΔE 26.4 Dark violet · ΔE 27.4 Dark blue · ΔE 28.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCB500

Analogous#0095DC, #4700DC

Triadic#DC0027, #27DC00

Split complementary#DC4700, #95DC00

Tetradic#DC0095, #DCB500, #00DC47

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A9B8FF

Lighter +30%#768EFF

Lighter +20%#4364FF

Lighter +10%#103AFF

Darker −10%#001EA9

Darker −20%#001576

Darker −30%#000C43

Darker −40%#000310

More saturated +25%#0027DC

Less saturated −25%#1C39C1

Channel breakdown

G39

B220

Red0 (0%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue229.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 27 · B DC

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