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Recognised as Colour

#0069DB

  • #0069DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#0069DB is a blue with RGB values 0, 105, 219 and HSL 211°, 100%, 43%. 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

#0069DB#0069DB
HEX#0069DB
RGBrgb(0, 105, 219)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4118, 0.8588
RGB percentages0%, 41.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(211.2, 100%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.2, 100%, 85.9%)
CMYK100%, 52.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer27,099
CSS custom property--colour: #0069DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#FF9624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C76DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#008598no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 7.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.5Slate blue · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.5Medium purple · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB7200
Analogous#00D6DB, #0500DB
Triadic#DB0069, #69DB00
Split complementary#DB0500, #D6DB00
Tetradic#DB00D6, #DB7200, #00DB05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A8D2FF
Lighter +30%#75B7FF
Lighter +20%#429DFF
Lighter +10%#0F82FF
Darker −10%#0051A8
Darker −20%#003875
Darker −30%#002042
Darker −40%#00070F
More saturated +25%#0069DB
Less saturated −25%#1B6AC0

Channel breakdown

R0
G105
B219
Red0 (0%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue211.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 69 · B DB

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