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Recognised as Colour

#003FF2

  • #003FF2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#003FF2 is a blue with RGB values 0, 63, 242 and HSL 224°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#003FF2#003FF2
HEX#003FF2
RGBrgb(0, 63, 242)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2471, 0.949
RGB percentages0%, 24.7%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(224.4, 100%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 100%, 94.9%)
CMYK100%, 74%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,370
CSS custom property--colour: #003FF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#FFC00D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#007596no 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 text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 18.2Blue violet · ΔE 23.2Blue · ΔE 30.4Dark violet · ΔE 30.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 32.5Dark blue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 18.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2B300
Analogous#00B8F2, #3A00F2
Triadic#F2003F, #3FF200
Split complementary#F23A00, #B8F200
Tetradic#F200B8, #F2B300, #00F23A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFD0FF
Lighter +30%#8CAAFF
Lighter +20%#5984FF
Lighter +10%#265EFF
Darker −10%#0032BF
Darker −20%#00248C
Darker −30%#001759
Darker −40%#000A26
More saturated +25%#003FF2
Less saturated −25%#1E4ED4

Channel breakdown

R0
G63
B242
Red0 (0%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue224.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3F · B F2

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