Recognised as Colour

#004BCE

#004BCE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#004BCE is a blue with RGB values 0, 75, 206 and HSL 218°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#004BCE#004BCE

HEX#004BCE

RGBrgb(0, 75, 206)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2941, 0.8078

RGB percentages0%, 29.4%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(218.2, 100%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.2, 100%, 80.8%)

CMYK100%, 63.6%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer19,406

CSS custom property--colour: #004BCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#FFB431

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0060D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#004ECCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#006E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 15 Slate blue · ΔE 16.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27 Dark blue · ΔE 27.9 Navy · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 15.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE8300

Analogous#00B2CE, #1C00CE

Triadic#CE004B, #4BCE00

Split complementary#CE1C00, #B2CE00

Tetradic#CE00B2, #CE8300, #00CE1C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9BBFFF

Lighter +30%#689FFF

Lighter +20%#357FFF

Lighter +10%#025EFF

Darker −10%#00389B

Darker −20%#002668

Darker −30%#001335

Darker −40%#000102

More saturated +25%#004BCE

Less saturated −25%#1A52B4

Channel breakdown

G75

B206

Red0 (0%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue218.16°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 4B · B CE

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