Colour

#003EDB

#003EDB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#003EDB is a blue with RGB values 0, 62, 219 and HSL 223°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#003EDB#003EDB

HEX#003EDB

RGBrgb(0, 62, 219)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2431, 0.8588

RGB percentages0%, 24.3%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(223, 100%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223, 100%, 85.9%)

CMYK100%, 71.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,091

CSS custom property--colour: #003EDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.74:1

Contrast with white7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#FFC124

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0049D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Tritanopia#006C89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 24.4 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25 Dark blue · ΔE 25 Blue violet · ΔE 25.3 Navy · ΔE 28.6 Slate blue · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 24.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DB9D00

Analogous#00ABDB, #3000DB

Triadic#DB003E, #3EDB00

Split complementary#DB3000, #ABDB00

Tetradic#DB00AB, #DB9D00, #00DB30

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A8C1FF

Lighter +30%#759CFF

Lighter +20%#4278FF

Lighter +10%#0F53FF

Darker −10%#0030A8

Darker −20%#002175

Darker −30%#001342

Darker −40%#00040F

More saturated +25%#003EDB

Less saturated −25%#1B4AC0

Channel breakdown

G62

B219

Red0 (0%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue223.01°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3E · B DB

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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