Recognised as Colour

#070BB9

#070BB9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#070BB9 is a blue with RGB values 7, 11, 185 and HSL 239°, 93%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#070BB9#070BB9

HEX#070BB9

RGBrgb(7, 11, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.0431, 0.7255

RGB percentages2.7%, 4.3%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(238.7, 92.7%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(238.7, 96.2%, 72.5%)

CMYK96.2%, 94.1%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer461,753

CSS custom property--colour: #070BB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.95:1

Contrast with white11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#F8F446

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0040BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#002DB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#004D6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.5 Dark blue · ΔE 19 Blue violet · ΔE 23.3 Navy · ΔE 24.2 Dark violet · ΔE 26.7 Indigo · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9B507

Analogous#0764B9, #5C07B9

Triadic#B9070B, #0BB907

Split complementary#B95C07, #64B907

Tetradic#B90764, #B9B507, #07B95C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9194FB

Lighter +30%#6063F9

Lighter +20%#2F33F7

Lighter +10%#090EEA

Darker −10%#050888

Darker −20%#030557

Darker −30%#010226

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0004C0

Less saturated −25%#1F22A1

Channel breakdown

G11

B185

Red7 (2.7%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue238.65°

Saturation (HSL)92.71%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 07 · G 0B · B B9

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