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Recognised as Colour

#0E56BB

  • #0E56BB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#0E56BB is a blue with RGB values 14, 86, 187 and HSL 215°, 86%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#0E56BB#0E56BB
HEX#0E56BB
RGBrgb(14, 86, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.0549, 0.3373, 0.7333
RGB percentages5.5%, 33.7%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(215, 86.1%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215, 92.5%, 73.3%)
CMYK92.5%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer939,707
CSS custom property--colour: #0E56BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#F1A944

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#006F80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 13.3Slate blue · ΔE 18Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.5Medium purple · ΔE 25.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 13.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB730E
Analogous#0EADBB, #1C0EBB
Triadic#BB0E56, #56BB0E
Split complementary#BB1C0E, #ADBB0E
Tetradic#BB0EAD, #BB730E, #0EBB1C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9DC3F8
Lighter +30%#6EA6F4
Lighter +20%#3E89F1
Lighter +10%#126CEA
Darker −10%#0A408C
Darker −20%#072A5C
Darker −30%#03152D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0054C9
Less saturated −25%#275AA2

Channel breakdown

R14
G86
B187
Red14 (5.5%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue215.03°
Saturation (HSL)86.07%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0E · G 56 · B BB

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