Colour

#002EB5

#002EB5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#002EB5 is a blue with RGB values 0, 46, 181 and HSL 225°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#002EB5#002EB5

HEX#002EB5

RGBrgb(0, 46, 181)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1804, 0.7098

RGB percentages0%, 18%, 71%

HSLhsl(224.8, 100%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.8, 100%, 71%)

CMYK100%, 74.6%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,957

CSS custom property--colour: #002EB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.2:1

Contrast with white10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#FFD14A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00566Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.5 Navy · ΔE 17.4 Indigo · ΔE 22.8 Slate blue · ΔE 24.4 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B58700

Analogous#0089B5, #2C00B5

Triadic#B5002E, #2EB500

Split complementary#B52D00, #88B500

Tetradic#B50089, #B58700, #00B52D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#82A2FF

Lighter +30%#4F7CFF

Lighter +20%#1C56FF

Lighter +10%#003BE8

Darker −10%#002182

Darker −20%#00144F

Darker −30%#00071C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002EB5

Less saturated −25%#17399E

Channel breakdown

G46

B181

Red0 (0%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue224.75°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2E · B B5

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