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Recognised as Colour

#0175CA

  • #0175CA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#0175CA is a blue with RGB values 1, 117, 202 and HSL 205°, 99%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#0175CA#0175CA
HEX#0175CA
RGBrgb(1, 117, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.4588, 0.7922
RGB percentages0.4%, 45.9%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(205.4, 99%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.4, 99.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK99.5%, 42.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer95,690
CSS custom property--colour: #0175CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#FE8A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#497BCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#256BC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008A95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 17Steel blue · ΔE 21.8Royal blue · ΔE 25.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 29Slate blue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA5601
Analogous#01CABB, #0110CA
Triadic#CA0175, #75CA01
Split complementary#CA0110, #CABB01
Tetradic#BB01CA, #CA5601, #10CA01

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#99D3FE
Lighter +30%#66BEFE
Lighter +20%#33A8FE
Lighter +10%#0192FD
Darker −10%#015897
Darker −20%#003A65
Darker −30%#001D32
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0075CB
Less saturated −25%#1A71B1

Channel breakdown

R1
G117
B202
Red1 (0.4%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue205.37°
Saturation (HSL)99.01%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 75 · B CA

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