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Recognised as Colour

#0065EC

  • #0065EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#0065EC is a blue with RGB values 0, 101, 236 and HSL 214°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#0065EC#0065EC
HEX#0065EC
RGBrgb(0, 101, 236)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3961, 0.9255
RGB percentages0%, 39.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(214.3, 100%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 100%, 92.5%)
CMYK100%, 57.2%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer26,092
CSS custom property--colour: #0065EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#FF9A13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00889Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 9.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.5Slate blue · ΔE 18.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.3Medium purple · ΔE 27.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 9.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8700
Analogous#00DBEC, #1100EC
Triadic#EC0065, #65EC00
Split complementary#EC1100, #DBEC00
Tetradic#EC00DB, #EC8700, #00EC11

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9D7FF
Lighter +30%#86BAFF
Lighter +20%#539DFF
Lighter +10%#207FFF
Darker −10%#004FB9
Darker −20%#003986
Darker −30%#002453
Darker −40%#000E20
More saturated +25%#0065EC
Less saturated −25%#1D69CF

Channel breakdown

R0
G101
B236
Red0 (0%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue214.32°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 65 · B EC

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