Colour

#003DE8

#003DE8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#003DE8 is a blue with RGB values 0, 61, 232 and HSL 224°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#003DE8#003DE8

HEX#003DE8

RGBrgb(0, 61, 232)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2392, 0.9098

RGB percentages0%, 23.9%, 91%

HSLhsl(224.2, 100%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.2, 100%, 91%)

CMYK100%, 73.7%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,848

CSS custom property--colour: #003DE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09164WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.41:1

Contrast with white7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#FFC217

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0060EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#004BE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#007090no 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 text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 19.2 Blue violet · ΔE 23.1 Dark blue · ΔE 29.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.9 Dark violet · ΔE 30.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 19.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E8AB00

Analogous#00B1E8, #3700E8

Triadic#E8003D, #3DE800

Split complementary#E83700, #B1E800

Tetradic#E800B1, #E8AB00, #00E837

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B5C8FF

Lighter +30%#82A3FF

Lighter +20%#4F7DFF

Lighter +10%#1C58FF

Darker −10%#0030B5

Darker −20%#002282

Darker −30%#00154F

Darker −40%#00071C

More saturated +25%#003DE8

Less saturated −25%#1D4BCB

Channel breakdown

G61

B232

Red0 (0%)

Green61 (23.9%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue224.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3D · B E8

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Colour values

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