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Recognised as Colour

#004FCE

  • #004FCE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#004FCE is a blue with RGB values 0, 79, 206 and HSL 217°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#004FCE#004FCE
HEX#004FCE
RGBrgb(0, 79, 206)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3098, 0.8078
RGB percentages0%, 31%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(217, 100%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217, 100%, 80.8%)
CMYK100%, 61.7%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer20,430
CSS custom property--colour: #004FCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.98:1
Contrast with white6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#FFB031

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#007187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.3Slate blue · ΔE 15.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.7Medium purple · ΔE 27.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE7F00
Analogous#00B6CE, #1800CE
Triadic#CE004F, #4FCE00
Split complementary#CE1800, #B6CE00
Tetradic#CE00B6, #CE7F00, #00CE18

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BC1FF
Lighter +30%#68A2FF
Lighter +20%#3582FF
Lighter +10%#0263FF
Darker −10%#003B9B
Darker −20%#002868
Darker −30%#001435
Darker −40%#000102
More saturated +25%#004FCE
Less saturated −25%#1A55B4

Channel breakdown

R0
G79
B206
Red0 (0%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue216.99°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 4F · B CE

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