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Recognised as Colour

#0175EE

  • #0175EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#0175EE is a blue with RGB values 1, 117, 238 and HSL 211°, 99%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#0175EE#0175EE
HEX#0175EE
RGBrgb(1, 117, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.4588, 0.9333
RGB percentages0.4%, 45.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(210.6, 99.2%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.6, 99.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK99.6%, 50.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer95,726
CSS custom property--colour: #0175EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#FE8A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1D82F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#0093A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.6Slate blue · ΔE 20.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.1Medium purple · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE7A01
Analogous#01ECEE, #0301EE
Triadic#EE0175, #75EE01
Split complementary#EE0301, #ECEE01
Tetradic#EE01EC, #EE7A01, #01EE03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCDDFF
Lighter +30%#89C3FF
Lighter +20%#57A9FE
Lighter +10%#248FFE
Darker −10%#015CBB
Darker −20%#014388
Darker −30%#002A56
Darker −40%#001123
More saturated +25%#0075EF
Less saturated −25%#1F76D0

Channel breakdown

R1
G117
B238
Red1 (0.4%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue210.63°
Saturation (HSL)99.16%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 75 · B EE

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