Recognised as Colour

#007FDB

#007FDB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#007FDB is a blue with RGB values 0, 127, 219 and HSL 205°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#007FDB#007FDB

HEX#007FDB

RGBrgb(0, 127, 219)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.498, 0.8588

RGB percentages0%, 49.8%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(205.2, 100%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(205.2, 100%, 85.9%)

CMYK100%, 42%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer32,731

CSS custom property--colour: #007FDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#FF8024

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F86DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#2875D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Tritanopia#0095A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.9 Dodgerblue · ΔE 12 Royal blue · ΔE 23.7 Steel blue · ΔE 24.7 Slate blue · ΔE 31.5 Medium purple · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DB5C00

Analogous#00DBC9, #0012DB

Triadic#DB007F, #7FDB00

Split complementary#DB0012, #DBCA00

Tetradic#C900DB, #DB5C00, #11DB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A8DAFF

Lighter +30%#75C5FF

Lighter +20%#42B0FF

Lighter +10%#0F9AFF

Darker −10%#0061A8

Darker −20%#004475

Darker −30%#002642

Darker −40%#00090F

More saturated +25%#007FDB

Less saturated −25%#1B7BC0

Channel breakdown

G127

B219

Red0 (0%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue205.21°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 7F · B DB

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