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Recognised as Colour

#002DC6

  • #002DC6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#002DC6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 45, 198 and HSL 226°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#002DC6#002DC6
HEX#002DC6
RGBrgb(0, 45, 198)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.1765, 0.7765
RGB percentages0%, 17.6%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(226.4, 100%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.4, 100%, 77.6%)
CMYK100%, 77.3%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,718
CSS custom property--colour: #002DC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.59:1
Contrast with white9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#FFD239

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004ECAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003BC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#005C79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 18.6Medium blue · ΔE 21.5Navy · ΔE 22.6Blue violet · ΔE 24.8Indigo · ΔE 28.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 18.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C69900
Analogous#0090C6, #3600C6
Triadic#C6002D, #2DC600
Split complementary#C63600, #90C600
Tetradic#C60090, #C69900, #00C636

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93ACFF
Lighter +30%#6084FF
Lighter +20%#2D5DFF
Lighter +10%#0039F9
Darker −10%#002193
Darker −20%#001660
Darker −30%#000A2D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#002DC6
Less saturated −25%#193AAD

Channel breakdown

R0
G45
B198
Red0 (0%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue226.36°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 2D · B C6

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