Colour

#003BE7

#003BE7
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#003BE7 is a blue with RGB values 0, 59, 231 and HSL 225°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#003BE7#003BE7

HEX#003BE7

RGBrgb(0, 59, 231)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2314, 0.9059

RGB percentages0%, 23.1%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(224.7, 100%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.7, 100%, 90.6%)

CMYK100%, 74.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,335

CSS custom property--colour: #003BE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.56:1

Contrast with white7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#FFC418

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005FECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Deuteranopia#0049E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006F8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 18.3 Blue violet · ΔE 22.8 Dark blue · ΔE 29 Dark violet · ΔE 30 Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 18.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E7AC00

Analogous#00AFE7, #3800E7

Triadic#E7003B, #3BE700

Split complementary#E73800, #AFE700

Tetradic#E700AF, #E7AC00, #00E738

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B4C7FF

Lighter +30%#81A1FF

Lighter +20%#4E7BFF

Lighter +10%#1B55FF

Darker −10%#002EB4

Darker −20%#002181

Darker −30%#00144E

Darker −40%#00071B

More saturated +25%#003BE7

Less saturated −25%#1D49CA

Channel breakdown

G59

B231

Red0 (0%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue224.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3B · B E7

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Colour values

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