Recognised as Colour

#002DE5

#002DE5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#002DE5 is a blue with RGB values 0, 45, 229 and HSL 228°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#002DE5#002DE5

HEX#002DE5

RGBrgb(0, 45, 229)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1765, 0.898

RGB percentages0%, 17.6%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(228.2, 100%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(228.2, 100%, 89.8%)

CMYK100%, 80.3%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,749

CSS custom property--colour: #002DE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.38:1

Contrast with white8.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#FFD21A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0058EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00698Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.1 Blue violet · ΔE 22.1 Blue · ΔE 25.3 Dark violet · ΔE 28.2 Dark blue · ΔE 31 Dark orchid · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5B800

Analogous#00A0E5, #4500E5

Triadic#E5002D, #2DE500

Split complementary#E54500, #A0E500

Tetradic#E500A0, #E5B800, #00E545

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B2C1FF

Lighter +30%#7F98FF

Lighter +20%#4C6FFF

Lighter +10%#1946FF

Darker −10%#0023B2

Darker −20%#00197F

Darker −30%#000F4C

Darker −40%#000519

More saturated +25%#002DE5

Less saturated −25%#1D3EC8

Channel breakdown

G45

B229

Red0 (0%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue228.21°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2D · B E5

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