Recognised as Colour

#002BB7

#002BB7
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#002BB7 is a blue with RGB values 0, 43, 183 and HSL 226°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#002BB7#002BB7

HEX#002BB7

RGBrgb(0, 43, 183)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1686, 0.7176

RGB percentages0%, 16.9%, 71.8%

HSLhsl(225.9, 100%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.9, 100%, 71.8%)

CMYK100%, 76.5%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,191

CSS custom property--colour: #002BB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.35:1

Contrast with white10.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#FFD448

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0037B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Tritanopia#005670no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.8 Navy · ΔE 17.6 Indigo · ΔE 23.5 Slate blue · ΔE 26.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.1 Medium blue · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B78C00

Analogous#0086B7, #3100B7

Triadic#B7002B, #2BB700

Split complementary#B73100, #86B700

Tetradic#B70086, #B78C00, #00B731

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#84A1FF

Lighter +30%#517AFF

Lighter +20%#1E53FF

Lighter +10%#0037EA

Darker −10%#001F84

Darker −20%#001351

Darker −30%#00071E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002BB7

Less saturated −25%#1737A0

Channel breakdown

G43

B183

Red0 (0%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue183 (71.8%)

Hue225.9°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2B · B B7

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