Recognised as Colour

#0601CB

#0601CB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0601CB is a blue with RGB values 6, 1, 203 and HSL 241°, 99%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0601CB#0601CB

HEX#0601CB

RGBrgb(6, 1, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.0039, 0.7961

RGB percentages2.4%, 0.4%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(241.5, 99%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(241.5, 99.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK97%, 99.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer393,675

CSS custom property--colour: #0601CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.2:1

Contrast with white11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#F9FE34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0045D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0030C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Tritanopia#005476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 1.2 Blue · ΔE 22.7 Blue violet · ΔE 23.7 Dark violet · ΔE 26.8 Dark blue · ΔE 28.9 Navy · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 1.2, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6CB01

Analogous#0161CB, #6B01CB

Triadic#CB0601, #01CB06

Split complementary#CB6B01, #61CB01

Tetradic#CB0161, #C6CB01, #01CB6B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9C9AFF

Lighter +30%#6B67FE

Lighter +20%#3934FE

Lighter +10%#0801FE

Darker −10%#050198

Darker −20%#030066

Darker −30%#020033

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0500CC

Less saturated −25%#1E1AB2

Channel breakdown

B203

Red6 (2.4%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue241.49°

Saturation (HSL)99.02%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 01 · B CB

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