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Recognised as Colour

#011EED

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

#011EED is a blue with RGB values 1, 30, 237 and HSL 233°, 99%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#011EED#011EED
HEX#011EED
RGBrgb(1, 30, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.1176, 0.9294
RGB percentages0.4%, 11.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(232.6, 99.2%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.6, 99.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK99.6%, 87.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer73,453
CSS custom property--colour: #011EED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#FEE112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#00688Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 106.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.8Blue · ΔE 14.6Blue violet · ΔE 25.8Dark violet · ΔE 30.1Dark blue · ΔE 38.6Dark orchid · ΔE 40
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD001
Analogous#0194ED, #5A01ED
Triadic#ED011E, #1EED01
Split complementary#ED5A01, #94ED01
Tetradic#ED0194, #EDD001, #01ED5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBC4FF
Lighter +30%#8897FF
Lighter +20%#566AFE
Lighter +10%#233EFE
Darker −10%#0118BA
Darker −20%#011187
Darker −30%#000B55
Darker −40%#000422
More saturated +25%#001DEE
Less saturated −25%#1F34CF

Channel breakdown

R1
G30
B237
Red1 (0.4%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue232.63°
Saturation (HSL)99.16%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 1E · B ED

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