Colour

#004BF9

#004BF9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#004BF9 is a blue with RGB values 0, 75, 249 and HSL 222°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#004BF9#004BF9

HEX#004BF9

RGBrgb(0, 75, 249)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2941, 0.9765

RGB percentages0%, 29.4%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(221.9, 100%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.9, 100%, 97.6%)

CMYK100%, 69.9%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer19,449

CSS custom property--colour: #004BF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.22:1

Contrast with white6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#FFB406

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006CFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0056F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Tritanopia#007D9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 23.7 Blue violet · ΔE 25.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.4 Dark violet · ΔE 33.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 33.7 Dark blue · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 23.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9AE00

Analogous#00C8F9, #3100F9

Triadic#F9004B, #4BF900

Split complementary#F93100, #C8F900

Tetradic#F900C8, #F9AE00, #00F931

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C6D7FF

Lighter +30%#93B4FF

Lighter +20%#6090FF

Lighter +10%#2D6CFF

Darker −10%#003CC6

Darker −20%#002C93

Darker −30%#001D60

Darker −40%#000E2D

More saturated +25%#004BF9

Less saturated −25%#1F57DA

Channel breakdown

G75

B249

Red0 (0%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue221.93°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 4B · B F9

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