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Recognised as Colour

#0301EA

  • #0301EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#0301EA is a blue with RGB values 3, 1, 234 and HSL 241°, 99%, 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

#0301EA#0301EA
HEX#0301EA
RGBrgb(3, 1, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.0039, 0.9176
RGB percentages1.2%, 0.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(240.5, 99.1%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240.5, 99.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK98.7%, 99.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer197,098
CSS custom property--colour: #0301EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05982WCAG 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 9.56:1
Contrast with white9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#121212
Inverted#FCFE15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0038E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#006289no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 110.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 9.1Medium blue · ΔE 12.4Blue violet · ΔE 29.4Dark violet · ΔE 32.3Dark blue · ΔE 42.5Dark orchid · ΔE 44
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 9.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8EA01
Analogous#0174EA, #7701EA
Triadic#EA0301, #01EA03
Split complementary#EA7701, #74EA01
Tetradic#EA0174, #E8EA01, #01EA77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9B8FF
Lighter +30%#8786FE
Lighter +20%#5453FE
Lighter +10%#2220FE
Darker −10%#0201B7
Darker −20%#020184
Darker −30%#010052
Darker −40%#00001F
More saturated +25%#0200EB
Less saturated −25%#201ECD

Channel breakdown

R3
G1
B234
Red3 (1.2%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue240.52°
Saturation (HSL)99.15%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 01 · B EA

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