Colour

#0030CE

#0030CE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0030CE is a blue with RGB values 0, 48, 206 and HSL 226°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0030CE#0030CE

HEX#0030CE

RGBrgb(0, 48, 206)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1882, 0.8078

RGB percentages0%, 18.8%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(226, 100%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226, 100%, 80.8%)

CMYK100%, 76.7%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,494

CSS custom property--colour: #0030CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0657WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.08:1

Contrast with white9.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#FFCF31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0052D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003FCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00617Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 19.9 Dark blue · ΔE 21.1 Blue violet · ΔE 23.8 Navy · ΔE 25.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 19.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE9E00

Analogous#0097CE, #3700CE

Triadic#CE0030, #30CE00

Split complementary#CE3700, #97CE00

Tetradic#CE0097, #CE9E00, #00CE37

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9BB2FF

Lighter +30%#688BFF

Lighter +20%#3564FF

Lighter +10%#023DFF

Darker −10%#00249B

Darker −20%#001868

Darker −30%#000C35

Darker −40%#000002

More saturated +25%#0030CE

Less saturated −25%#1A3EB4

Channel breakdown

G48

B206

Red0 (0%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue226.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 30 · B CE

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