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Recognised as Colour

#003CE7

  • #003CE7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#003CE7 is a blue with RGB values 0, 60, 231 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

#003CE7#003CE7
HEX#003CE7
RGBrgb(0, 60, 231)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.9059
RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(224.4, 100%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 100%, 90.6%)
CMYK100%, 74%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591
CSS custom property--colour: #003CE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#FFC318

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004AE4no 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 92.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 18.9Blue violet · ΔE 23Dark blue · ΔE 28.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.1Dark violet · ΔE 30.2Dark orchid · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 18.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7AB00
Analogous#00B0E7, #3700E7
Triadic#E7003C, #3CE700
Split complementary#E73800, #AFE700
Tetradic#E700B0, #E7AB00, #00E737

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4C7FF
Lighter +30%#81A2FF
Lighter +20%#4E7CFF
Lighter +10%#1B56FF
Darker −10%#002FB4
Darker −20%#002281
Darker −30%#00144E
Darker −40%#00071B
More saturated +25%#003CE7
Less saturated −25%#1D4ACA

Channel breakdown

R0
G60
B231
Red0 (0%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue224.42°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B E7

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