Colour

#003BDF

#003BDF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#003BDF is a blue with RGB values 0, 59, 223 and HSL 224°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#003BDF#003BDF

HEX#003BDF

RGBrgb(0, 59, 223)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2314, 0.8745

RGB percentages0%, 23.1%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(224.1, 100%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.1, 100%, 87.5%)

CMYK100%, 73.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,327

CSS custom property--colour: #003BDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08456WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#FFC420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0048DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Tritanopia#006C8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 20.7 Blue violet · ΔE 23.6 Dark blue · ΔE 26.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.9 Navy · ΔE 30.2 Dark violet · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 20.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DFA400

Analogous#00ABDF, #3500DF

Triadic#DF003B, #3BDF00

Split complementary#DF3400, #ABDF00

Tetradic#DF00AA, #DFA400, #00DF34

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ACC2FF

Lighter +30%#799CFF

Lighter +20%#4677FF

Lighter +10%#1351FF

Darker −10%#002EAC

Darker −20%#002079

Darker −30%#001346

Darker −40%#000513

More saturated +25%#003BDF

Less saturated −25%#1C48C3

Channel breakdown

G59

B223

Red0 (0%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue224.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3B · B DF

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