Colour

#004ABC

#004ABC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#004ABC is a blue with RGB values 0, 74, 188 and HSL 216°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#004ABC#004ABC

HEX#004ABC

RGBrgb(0, 74, 188)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2902, 0.7373

RGB percentages0%, 29%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(216.4, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(216.4, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK100%, 60.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer19,132

CSS custom property--colour: #004ABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#FFB543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005BC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#004BBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#00687Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.8 Slate blue · ΔE 15.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BC7200

Analogous#00A8BC, #1400BC

Triadic#BC004A, #4ABC00

Split complementary#BC1400, #A8BC00

Tetradic#BC00A8, #BC7200, #00BC14

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#89B7FF

Lighter +30%#5699FF

Lighter +20%#237AFF

Lighter +10%#005EEF

Darker −10%#003689

Darker −20%#002256

Darker −30%#000E23

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#004ABC

Less saturated −25%#184FA5

Channel breakdown

G74

B188

Red0 (0%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue216.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 4A · B BC

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