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Recognised as Colour

#0065BC

  • #0065BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#0065BC is a blue with RGB values 0, 101, 188 and HSL 208°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#0065BC#0065BC
HEX#0065BC
RGBrgb(0, 101, 188)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3961, 0.7373
RGB percentages0%, 39.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(207.8, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.8, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK100%, 46.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer26,044
CSS custom property--colour: #0065BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#FF9A43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#346DBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007A87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 20Royal blue · ΔE 21.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.9Steel blue · ΔE 26.3Slate blue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 19.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC5700
Analogous#00BCB5, #0007BC
Triadic#BC0065, #65BC00
Split complementary#BC0007, #BCB500
Tetradic#B500BC, #BC5700, #07BC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89C8FF
Lighter +30%#56B1FF
Lighter +20%#2399FF
Lighter +10%#0080EF
Darker −10%#004A89
Darker −20%#002E56
Darker −30%#001323
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0065BC
Less saturated −25%#1863A5

Channel breakdown

R0
G101
B188
Red0 (0%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue207.77°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 65 · B BC

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