Colour

#1701EB

#1701EB
Blue
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Nearest: Blue

#1701EB is a blue with RGB values 23, 1, 235 and HSL 246°, 99%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#1701EB#1701EB

HEX#1701EB

RGBrgb(23, 1, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.0039, 0.9216

RGB percentages9%, 0.4%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(245.6, 99.2%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245.6, 99.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK90.2%, 99.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,507,819

CSS custom property--colour: #1701EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.37:1

Contrast with white9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#E8FE14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0052F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003AE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00628Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 110.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 9.1 Medium blue · ΔE 12.6 Blue violet · ΔE 28.9 Dark violet · ΔE 31.7 Dark blue · ΔE 42.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 43.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5EB01

Analogous#0160EB, #8C01EB

Triadic#EB1701, #01EB17

Split complementary#EB8C01, #60EB01

Tetradic#EB0160, #D5EB01, #01EB8C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C0B9FF

Lighter +30%#9287FE

Lighter +20%#6454FE

Lighter +10%#3621FE

Darker −10%#1201B8

Darker −20%#0D0185

Darker −30%#080053

Darker −40%#030020

More saturated +25%#1600EC

Less saturated −25%#2F1ECE

Channel breakdown

R23

B235

Red23 (9%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue245.64°

Saturation (HSL)99.15%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 17 · G 01 · B EB

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