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Recognised as Colour

#003CE6

  • #003CE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#003CE6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 60, 230 and HSL 224°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#003CE6#003CE6
HEX#003CE6
RGBrgb(0, 60, 230)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.902
RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(224.3, 100%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 100%, 90.2%)
CMYK100%, 73.9%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,590
CSS custom property--colour: #003CE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#FFC319

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004AE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#006F8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 19.2Blue violet · ΔE 23.1Dark blue · ΔE 28.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.7Dark violet · ΔE 30.2Dark orchid · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 19.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6AA00
Analogous#00AFE6, #3700E6
Triadic#E6003C, #3CE600
Split complementary#E63700, #AFE600
Tetradic#E600AF, #E6AA00, #00E637

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3C7FF
Lighter +30%#80A1FF
Lighter +20%#4D7BFF
Lighter +10%#1A56FF
Darker −10%#002FB3
Darker −20%#002180
Darker −30%#00144D
Darker −40%#00071A
More saturated +25%#003CE6
Less saturated −25%#1D4AC9

Channel breakdown

R0
G60
B230
Red0 (0%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue224.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B E6

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