Colour

#004FBE

#004FBE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#004FBE is a blue with RGB values 0, 79, 190 and HSL 215°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#004FBE#004FBE

HEX#004FBE

RGBrgb(0, 79, 190)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3098, 0.7451

RGB percentages0%, 31%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(215.1, 100%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.1, 100%, 74.5%)

CMYK100%, 58.4%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer20,414

CSS custom property--colour: #004FBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.34:1

Contrast with white7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#FFB041

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#004EBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006C7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 11.5 Slate blue · ΔE 15.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.6 Medium purple · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BE6F00

Analogous#00AEBE, #1000BE

Triadic#BE004F, #4FBE00

Split complementary#BE1000, #AEBE00

Tetradic#BE00AE, #BE6F00, #00BE10

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8BBBFF

Lighter +30%#589DFF

Lighter +20%#2580FF

Lighter +10%#0064F1

Darker −10%#003A8B

Darker −20%#002558

Darker −30%#000F25

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#004FBE

Less saturated −25%#1853A6

Channel breakdown

G79

B190

Red0 (0%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue215.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 4F · B BE

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