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Recognised as Colour

#003CE5

  • #003CE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#003CE5 is a blue with RGB values 0, 60, 229 and HSL 224°, 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

#003CE5#003CE5
HEX#003CE5
RGBrgb(0, 60, 229)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.898
RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(224.3, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK100%, 73.8%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,589
CSS custom property--colour: #003CE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90 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#FFC31A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0049E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006F8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.9 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 19.5Blue violet · ΔE 23.1Dark blue · ΔE 28.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.3Dark violet · ΔE 30.3Dark orchid · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 19.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5A900
Analogous#00AFE5, #3600E5
Triadic#E5003C, #3CE500
Split complementary#E53600, #AFE500
Tetradic#E500AF, #E5A900, #00E536

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2C6FF
Lighter +30%#7FA1FF
Lighter +20%#4C7BFF
Lighter +10%#1955FF
Darker −10%#002FB2
Darker −20%#00217F
Darker −30%#00144C
Darker −40%#000719
More saturated +25%#003CE5
Less saturated −25%#1D4AC8

Channel breakdown

R0
G60
B229
Red0 (0%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue224.28°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B E5

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