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Recognised as Colour

#0B79CA

  • #0B79CA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#0B79CA is a blue with RGB values 11, 121, 202 and HSL 205°, 90%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#0B79CA#0B79CA
HEX#0B79CA
RGBrgb(11, 121, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0431, 0.4745, 0.7922
RGB percentages4.3%, 47.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(205.4, 89.7%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.4, 94.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK94.6%, 40.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer752,074
CSS custom property--colour: #0B79CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#F48635

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#507ECDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#316FC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#008D97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.4Steel blue · ΔE 18.9Royal blue · ΔE 28.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA5C0B
Analogous#0BCABC, #0B19CA
Triadic#CA0B79, #79CA0B
Split complementary#CA0B19, #CABC0B
Tetradic#BC0BCA, #CA5C0B, #19CA0B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7D7FA
Lighter +30%#76C1F8
Lighter +20%#46ABF5
Lighter +10%#1695F2
Darker −10%#085C9A
Darker −20%#063F69
Darker −30%#032239
Darker −40%#000509
More saturated +25%#007BD5
Less saturated −25%#2675AF

Channel breakdown

R11
G121
B202
Red11 (4.3%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue205.45°
Saturation (HSL)89.67%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0B · G 79 · B CA

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