Colour

#0300EA

#0300EA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#0300EA is a blue with RGB values 3, 0, 234 and HSL 241°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#0300EA#0300EA

HEX#0300EA

RGBrgb(3, 0, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0, 0.9176

RGB percentages1.2%, 0%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(240.8, 100%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240.8, 100%, 91.8%)

CMYK98.7%, 100%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer196,842

CSS custom property--colour: #0300EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.58:1

Contrast with white9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#121212

Inverted#FCFF15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0051EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0038E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006289no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 111.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 9 Medium blue · ΔE 12.6 Blue violet · ΔE 29.5 Dark violet · ΔE 32.4 Dark blue · ΔE 42.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 44.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E7EA00

Analogous#0072EA, #7800EA

Triadic#EA0300, #00EA03

Split complementary#EA7800, #72EA00

Tetradic#EA0072, #E7EA00, #00EA78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B8B7FF

Lighter +30%#8684FF

Lighter +20%#5351FF

Lighter +10%#211EFF

Darker −10%#0200B7

Darker −20%#020084

Darker −30%#010051

Darker −40%#00001E

More saturated +25%#0300EA

Less saturated −25%#1F1DCD

Channel breakdown

B234

Red3 (1.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue240.77°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 00 · B EA

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