Recognised as Colour

#014EB9

#014EB9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#014EB9 is a blue with RGB values 1, 78, 185 and HSL 215°, 99%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#014EB9#014EB9

HEX#014EB9

RGBrgb(1, 78, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.3059, 0.7255

RGB percentages0.4%, 30.6%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(214.9, 98.9%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.9, 99.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK99.5%, 57.8%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer85,689

CSS custom property--colour: #014EB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.52:1

Contrast with white7.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#FEB146

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#004DB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00697Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.8 Slate blue · ΔE 16.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.4 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B96C01

Analogous#01AAB9, #1001B9

Triadic#B9014E, #4EB901

Split complementary#B91001, #AAB901

Tetradic#B901AA, #B96C01, #01B910

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#88B9FE

Lighter +30%#559CFE

Lighter +20%#227EFE

Lighter +10%#0163EC

Darker −10%#013986

Darker −20%#002354

Darker −30%#000E21

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#004EBA

Less saturated −25%#1852A2

Channel breakdown

G78

B185

Red1 (0.4%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue214.89°

Saturation (HSL)98.92%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 01 · G 4E · B B9

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