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Recognised as Colour

#011EDE

  • #011EDE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#011EDE is a blue with RGB values 1, 30, 222 and HSL 232°, 99%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#011EDE#011EDE
HEX#011EDE
RGBrgb(1, 30, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.1176, 0.8706
RGB percentages0.4%, 11.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(232.1, 99.1%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.1, 99.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK99.5%, 86.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer73,438
CSS custom property--colour: #011EDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.37:1
Contrast with white9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#FEE121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003BDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#006184no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 100.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.1Blue · ΔE 21.4Blue violet · ΔE 22.8Dark violet · ΔE 27.6Dark blue · ΔE 31.7Dark orchid · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC101
Analogous#018CDE, #5301DE
Triadic#DE011E, #1EDE01
Split complementary#DE5301, #8CDE01
Tetradic#DE018C, #DEC101, #01DE53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACB7FF
Lighter +30%#7A8BFE
Lighter +20%#475FFE
Lighter +10%#1433FE
Darker −10%#0117AB
Darker −20%#011078
Darker −30%#000946
Darker −40%#000313
More saturated +25%#001DDF
Less saturated −25%#1D33C2

Channel breakdown

R1
G30
B222
Red1 (0.4%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue232.13°
Saturation (HSL)99.1%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 1E · B DE

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