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Recognised as Colour

#0076CA

  • #0076CA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#0076CA is a blue with RGB values 0, 118, 202 and HSL 205°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#0076CA#0076CA
HEX#0076CA
RGBrgb(0, 118, 202)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4627, 0.7922
RGB percentages0%, 46.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(205, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK100%, 41.6%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer30,410
CSS custom property--colour: #0076CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#FF8935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B7CCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#286CC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#008A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Royal blue · ΔE 26.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.5Slate blue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA5400
Analogous#00CAB9, #0011CA
Triadic#CA0076, #76CA00
Split complementary#CA0011, #CAB900
Tetradic#B900CA, #CA5400, #11CA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#97D4FF
Lighter +30%#64BFFF
Lighter +20%#31A9FF
Lighter +10%#0094FD
Darker −10%#005897
Darker −20%#003A64
Darker −30%#001D31
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0076CA
Less saturated −25%#1972B1

Channel breakdown

R0
G118
B202
Red0 (0%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue204.95°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 76 · B CA

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