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Recognised as Colour

#002ED6

  • #002ED6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#002ED6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 46, 214 and HSL 227°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#002ED6#002ED6
HEX#002ED6
RGBrgb(0, 46, 214)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.1804, 0.8392
RGB percentages0%, 18%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(227.1, 100%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 100%, 83.9%)
CMYK100%, 78.5%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,990
CSS custom property--colour: #002ED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.89:1
Contrast with white8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#FFD129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Tritanopia#006382no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 15.5Blue violet · ΔE 22.1Dark blue · ΔE 24.3Dark violet · ΔE 28.4Navy · ΔE 29Dark orchid · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 15.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6A800
Analogous#0099D6, #3D00D6
Triadic#D6002E, #2ED600
Split complementary#D63D00, #99D600
Tetradic#D60099, #D6A800, #00D63D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A3B7FF
Lighter +30%#708FFF
Lighter +20%#3D67FF
Lighter +10%#0A3FFF
Darker −10%#0023A3
Darker −20%#001870
Darker −30%#000D3D
Darker −40%#00020A
More saturated +25%#002ED6
Less saturated −25%#1B3DBB

Channel breakdown

R0
G46
B214
Red0 (0%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue227.1°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 2E · B D6

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