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Recognised as Colour

#014EB3

  • #014EB3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#014EB3 is a blue with RGB values 1, 78, 179 and HSL 214°, 99%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#014EB3#014EB3
HEX#014EB3
RGBrgb(1, 78, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.3059, 0.702
RGB percentages0.4%, 30.6%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(214, 98.9%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214, 99.4%, 70.2%)
CMYK99.4%, 56.4%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer85,683
CSS custom property--colour: #014EB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#FEB14C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BB6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006879no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 14.9Slate blue · ΔE 18Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.2Midnight blue · ΔE 24.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.9Medium purple · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 14.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B36601
Analogous#01A7B3, #0D01B3
Triadic#B3014E, #4EB301
Split complementary#B30D01, #A7B301
Tetradic#B301A7, #B36601, #01B30D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#82B8FE
Lighter +30%#4F9BFE
Lighter +20%#1C7EFE
Lighter +10%#0164E6
Darker −10%#013880
Darker −20%#00224E
Darker −30%#000C1B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004EB4
Less saturated −25%#18519C

Channel breakdown

R1
G78
B179
Red1 (0.4%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue214.04°
Saturation (HSL)98.89%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 4E · B B3

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