Colour

#003CEF

#003CEF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#003CEF is a blue with RGB values 0, 60, 239 and HSL 225°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#003CEF#003CEF

HEX#003CEF

RGBrgb(0, 60, 239)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.9373

RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(224.9, 100%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.9, 100%, 93.7%)

CMYK100%, 74.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,599

CSS custom property--colour: #003CEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.26:1

Contrast with white7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#FFC310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0062F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#004CECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Tritanopia#007293no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 17.1 Blue violet · ΔE 22.9 Blue · ΔE 29.8 Dark violet · ΔE 30 Dark blue · ΔE 31.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFB300

Analogous#00B3EF, #3B00EF

Triadic#EF003C, #3CEF00

Split complementary#EF3B00, #B4EF00

Tetradic#EF00B3, #EFB300, #00EF3B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BCCDFF

Lighter +30%#89A7FF

Lighter +20%#5680FF

Lighter +10%#235AFF

Darker −10%#002FBC

Darker −20%#002289

Darker −30%#001656

Darker −40%#000923

More saturated +25%#003CEF

Less saturated −25%#1E4BD1

Channel breakdown

G60

B239

Red0 (0%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue224.94°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B EF

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