Colour

#004BFE

#004BFE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#004BFE is a blue with RGB values 0, 75, 254 and HSL 222°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#004BFE#004BFE

HEX#004BFE

RGBrgb(0, 75, 254)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2941, 0.9961

RGB percentages0%, 29.4%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(222.3, 100%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.3, 100%, 99.6%)

CMYK100%, 70.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer19,454

CSS custom property--colour: #004BFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.11:1

Contrast with white6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#FFB401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0057FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#007FA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 22.8 Blue violet · ΔE 25.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.5 Dark violet · ΔE 33 Blue · ΔE 33.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 22.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FEB300

Analogous#00CAFE, #3400FE

Triadic#FE004B, #4BFE00

Split complementary#FE3400, #CAFE00

Tetradic#FE00CA, #FEB300, #00FE34

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CBDAFF

Lighter +30%#98B6FF

Lighter +20%#6592FF

Lighter +10%#326FFF

Darker −10%#003CCB

Darker −20%#002D98

Darker −30%#001E65

Darker −40%#000F32

More saturated +25%#004BFE

Less saturated −25%#2058DE

Channel breakdown

G75

B254

Red0 (0%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue222.28°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 4B · B FE

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