Colour

#003BDB

#003BDB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#003BDB is a blue with RGB values 0, 59, 219 and HSL 224°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#003BDB#003BDB

HEX#003BDB

RGBrgb(0, 59, 219)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2314, 0.8588

RGB percentages0%, 23.1%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(223.8, 100%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.8, 100%, 85.9%)

CMYK100%, 73.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,323

CSS custom property--colour: #003BDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1

Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#FFC424

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005BE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0047D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#006A88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 22.2 Blue violet · ΔE 24.3 Dark blue · ΔE 24.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.6 Navy · ΔE 28.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 22.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DBA000

Analogous#00A9DB, #3200DB

Triadic#DB003B, #3BDB00

Split complementary#DB3300, #A8DB00

Tetradic#DB00A9, #DBA000, #00DB32

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A8BFFF

Lighter +30%#759AFF

Lighter +20%#4275FF

Lighter +10%#0F50FF

Darker −10%#002DA8

Darker −20%#002075

Darker −30%#001242

Darker −40%#00040F

More saturated +25%#003BDB

Less saturated −25%#1B48C0

Channel breakdown

G59

B219

Red0 (0%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue223.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3B · B DB

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