Colour

#002EB7

#002EB7
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#002EB7 is a blue with RGB values 0, 46, 183 and HSL 225°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#002EB7#002EB7

HEX#002EB7

RGBrgb(0, 46, 183)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1804, 0.7176

RGB percentages0%, 18%, 71.8%

HSLhsl(224.9, 100%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.9, 100%, 71.8%)

CMYK100%, 74.9%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,959

CSS custom property--colour: #002EB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.12:1

Contrast with white10.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#FFD148

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004ABBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Tritanopia#005770no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.6 Navy · ΔE 17.8 Indigo · ΔE 23.3 Slate blue · ΔE 25 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B78900

Analogous#0089B7, #2E00B7

Triadic#B7002E, #2EB700

Split complementary#B72E00, #8AB700

Tetradic#B70089, #B78900, #00B72E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#84A3FF

Lighter +30%#517DFF

Lighter +20%#1E57FF

Lighter +10%#003BEA

Darker −10%#002184

Darker −20%#001451

Darker −30%#00081E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002EB7

Less saturated −25%#1739A0

Channel breakdown

G46

B183

Red0 (0%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue183 (71.8%)

Hue224.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 2E · B B7

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