Colour

#004AE7

#004AE7
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#004AE7 is a blue with RGB values 0, 74, 231 and HSL 221°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#004AE7#004AE7

HEX#004AE7

RGBrgb(0, 74, 231)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2902, 0.9059

RGB percentages0%, 29%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(220.8, 100%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.8, 100%, 90.6%)

CMYK100%, 68%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer19,175

CSS custom property--colour: #004AE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.7:1

Contrast with white6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#FFB518

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0066ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0052E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Tritanopia#007693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.3 Royal blue · ΔE 26.6 Slate blue · ΔE 27.3 Blue violet · ΔE 27.5 Medium blue · ΔE 28.5 Dark blue · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 22.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E79D00

Analogous#00BEE7, #2900E7

Triadic#E7004A, #4AE700

Split complementary#E72900, #BEE700

Tetradic#E700BE, #E79D00, #00E729

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B4CCFF

Lighter +30%#81A9FF

Lighter +20%#4E87FF

Lighter +10%#1B64FF

Darker −10%#003AB4

Darker −20%#002981

Darker −30%#00194E

Darker −40%#00091B

More saturated +25%#004AE7

Less saturated −25%#1D54CA

Channel breakdown

G74

B231

Red0 (0%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue220.78°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 4A · B E7

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