Recognised as Colour

#002BF9

#002BF9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#002BF9 is a blue with RGB values 0, 43, 249 and HSL 230°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#002BF9#002BF9

HEX#002BF9

RGBrgb(0, 43, 249)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1686, 0.9765

RGB percentages0%, 16.9%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(229.6, 100%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.6, 100%, 97.6%)

CMYK100%, 82.7%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,257

CSS custom property--colour: #002BF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.74:1

Contrast with white7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#FFD406

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0046F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Tritanopia#007096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 107 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 13.1 Blue · ΔE 15.3 Blue violet · ΔE 26.2 Dark violet · ΔE 31.3 Dark blue · ΔE 40.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 40.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 13.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9CE00

Analogous#00A7F9, #5200F9

Triadic#F9002B, #2BF900

Split complementary#F95200, #A7F900

Tetradic#F900A7, #F9CE00, #00F952

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C6D0FF

Lighter +30%#93A6FF

Lighter +20%#607BFF

Lighter +10%#2D51FF

Darker −10%#0022C6

Darker −20%#001993

Darker −30%#001160

Darker −40%#00082D

More saturated +25%#002BF9

Less saturated −25%#1F3FDA

Channel breakdown

G43

B249

Red0 (0%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue229.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2B · B F9

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