Recognised as Colour

#002DF6

#002DF6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#002DF6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 45, 246 and HSL 229°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#002DF6#002DF6

HEX#002DF6

RGBrgb(0, 45, 246)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1765, 0.9647

RGB percentages0%, 17.6%, 96.5%

HSLhsl(229, 100%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229, 100%, 96.5%)

CMYK100%, 81.7%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,766

CSS custom property--colour: #002DF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#FFD209

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0046F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Tritanopia#006F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 105.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 12.3 Blue · ΔE 17.6 Blue violet · ΔE 25 Dark violet · ΔE 30.5 Dark blue · ΔE 38.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 12.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F6C900

Analogous#00A8F6, #4E00F6

Triadic#F6002D, #2DF600

Split complementary#F64E00, #A8F600

Tetradic#F600A8, #F6C900, #00F64E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3CEFF

Lighter +30%#90A4FF

Lighter +20%#5D7BFF

Lighter +10%#2A51FF

Darker −10%#0024C3

Darker −20%#001A90

Darker −30%#00115D

Darker −40%#00082A

More saturated +25%#002DF6

Less saturated −25%#1F41D7

Channel breakdown

G45

B246

Red0 (0%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue246 (96.5%)

Hue229.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2D · B F6

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Colour values

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