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Blue / Ford Blue / #0000ff / #00f Hex Color Code

#0000ff Paint ChipThe color blue with hexadecimal color code #0000ff / #00f is a shade of blue-magenta. In the RGB color model #0000ff is comprised of 0% red, 0% green and 100% blue. In the HSL color space #0000ff has a hue of 240° (degrees), 100% saturation and 50% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 464.2 nm.

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#0000ff linear gradient to complementary #00ff00

  1. #0000ff / #00f
  2. #5d46e2
  3. #766ec5
  4. #7d93a6
  5. #78b785
  6. #61db5c
  7. #00ff00 / #0f0

Monochromatic Colors

  1. #0000ee / #00e
  2. #0000f4
  3. #0000f9
  4. #0000ff / #00f
  5. #1e0bff
  6. #2e14ff
  7. #3a1cff

Tones

  1. #0000ff / #00f
  2. #4a28ea
  3. #633ed5
  4. #7250c0
  5. #7a61ab
  6. #7f7196
  7. #808080

Tints and Shades

#0000ff to white

  1. #0000ff / #00f
  2. #673dff
  3. #9265ff
  4. #b38bff
  5. #cfb1ff
  6. #e8d8ff
  7. #ffffff / #fff

#0000ff to black

  1. #0000ff / #00f
  2. #1e0bd0
  3. #2510a3
  4. #241178
  5. #1f104f
  6. #170b2a
  7. #000000 / #000

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#0000ff HTML / CSS Code Examples

#0000ff foreground

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.

Alberto Giacometti
<p style="color: #00f">…</p>

#0000ff background

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.

Vincent Van Gogh
<p style="background-color: #00f">…</p>

#0000ff shadow

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Leonardo Da Vinci
<p style="text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #00f">…</p>

Color Charts

Color Space Conversions

Decimal
255
Binary
00000000, 00000000, 11111111
Hexadecimal
#0000ff / #00f
LRV
≈ 7.2%
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 255)
RGBA
rgba(0, 0, 255, 1.0)
rg chromaticity
r: 0.000, g: 0.000, b: 1.000
RYB
red: 0.000%, yellow: 0.000%, blue: 100.000%
Android / android.graphics.Color
-16776961 / 0xff0000ff
HSL
hsl(240, 100%, 50%)
HSLA
hsla(240, 100%, 50%, 1.0)
HSV / HSB
hue: 240° (240.000), saturation: 100% (1.000), value: 100% (1.000)
HSP
hue: 240.000, saturation: 100.000%, perceived brightness: 33.764%
HSLuv (HUSL)
H: 265.873, S: 100.019, L: 32.297
Cubehelix
H: -123.058, S: 4.614, L: 0.110
TSL
T: -2.951, S: 0.632, L: 0.114
CMYK
cyan: 100% (1.000), magenta: 100% (1.000), yellow: 0% (0.000), key: 0% (0.000)
CMY
cyan: 100% (1.000), magenta: 100% (1.000), yellow: 0% (0.000)
XYZ
X: 18.044, Y: 7.218, Z: 95.030
xyY
x: 0.150, y: 0.060, Y: 7.218
CIELab
L: 32.297, a: 79.188, b: -107.860
CIELuv
L: 32.297, u: -9.405, v: -130.342
CIELCH / LCHab
L: 32.297, C: 133.808, H: 306.285
CIELUV / LCHuv
L: 32.297, C: 130.681, H: 265.873
Hunter-Lab
L: 26.865, a: 72.872, b: -190.919
CIECAM02
J: 21.163, C: 90.872, h: 257.773, Q: 90.636, M: 79.467, s: 93.636, H: 309.933
OSA-UCS
lightness: -11.082, jaune: -20.387, green: 6.708
LMS
L: 0.890, M: 0.136, S: 93.605
YCbCr
Y: 40.990, Cb: 239.945, Cr: 109.895
YCoCg
Y: 63.750, Cg: -63.750, Co: -63.750
YDbDr
Y: 29.070, Db: 339.915, Dr: 55.335
YPbPr
Y: 18.360, Pb: 127.500, Pr: -11.730
xvYCC
Y: 31.768, Cb: 240.000, Cr: 117.696
YIQ
Y: 29.070, I: -81.922, Q: 79.339
YUV
Y: 29.070, U: 111.180, V: -25.503
Munsell Color System
10PB 4/12 ΔE = 30.070
Brand Color
Pinboard ΔE = 3.934

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