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#000cb3 Hex Color Code

#000cb3 Paint ChipThe hexadecimal color code #000cb3 is a medium dark shade of blue. In the RGB color model #000cb3 is comprised of 0% red, 4.71% green and 70.2% blue. In the HSL color space #000cb3 has a hue of 236° (degrees), 100% saturation and 35% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 464.73 nm.

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#000cb3 linear gradient to complementary #00b300

  1. #000cb3
  2. #3e329e
  3. #504e89
  4. #556873
  5. #51815b
  6. #419a3e
  7. #00b300

Monochromatic Colors

  1. #0000a8
  2. #0003ac
  3. #0007af
  4. #000cb3
  5. #1010b7
  6. #1a14ba
  7. #2218be

Tones

  1. #000cb3
  2. #321fa4
  3. #442d95
  4. #4e3987
  5. #554478
  6. #594f69
  7. #5a5a5a

Tints and Shades

#000cb3 to white

  1. #000cb3
  2. #5438c1
  3. #7d5ece
  4. #a184db
  5. #c1ace8
  6. #e1d5f4
  7. #ffffff / #fff

#000cb3 to black

  1. #000cb3
  2. #150f93
  3. #1b0f74
  4. #1b0f56
  5. #180e3a
  6. #130721
  7. #000000 / #000

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#000cb3 HTML / CSS Code Examples

#000cb3 foreground

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.

Banksy
<p style="color: #000cb3">…</p>

#000cb3 background

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

James McNeill Whistler
<p style="background-color: #000cb3">…</p>

#000cb3 shadow

It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.

Mark Rothko
<p style="text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #000cb3">…</p>

Color Charts

Color Space Conversions

Decimal
3251
Binary
00000000, 00001100, 10110011
Hexadecimal
#000cb3
LRV
≈ 3.5%
Closest short hex
#11a ΔE = 1.242
RGB
rgb(0, 12, 179)
RGBA
rgba(0, 12, 179, 1.0)
rg chromaticity
r: 0.000, g: 0.063, b: 0.937
RYB
red: 0.000%, yellow: 4.410%, blue: 70.196%
Android / android.graphics.Color
-16773965 / 0xff000cb3
HSL
hsl(236, 100%, 35%)
HSLA
hsla(236, 100%, 35%, 1.0)
HSV / HSB
hue: 236° (235.978), saturation: 100% (1.000), value: 70% (0.702)
HSP
hue: 235.978, saturation: 100.000%, perceived brightness: 23.974%
HSLuv (HUSL)
H: 265.539, S: 100.019, L: 22.004
Cubehelix
H: -126.348, S: 3.240, L: 0.105
TSL
T: -2.788, S: 0.576, L: 0.108
CMYK
cyan: 100% (1.000), magenta: 93% (0.933), yellow: 0% (0.000), key: 30% (0.298)
CMY
cyan: 100% (1.000), magenta: 95% (0.953), yellow: 30% (0.298)
XYZ
X: 8.265, Y: 3.516, Z: 42.882
xyY
x: 0.151, y: 0.064, Y: 3.516
CIELab
L: 22.004, a: 57.709, b: -81.077
CIELuv
L: 22.004, u: -6.728, v: -86.234
CIELCH / LCHab
L: 22.004, C: 99.518, H: 305.443
CIELUV / LCHuv
L: 22.004, C: 86.497, H: 265.539
Hunter-Lab
L: 18.752, a: 45.860, b: -122.456
CIECAM02
J: 14.332, C: 72.329, h: 258.264, Q: 74.588, M: 63.251, s: 92.087, H: 310.186
OSA-UCS
lightness: -11.043, jaune: -15.248, green: 4.593
LMS
L: 0.603, M: 0.415, S: 42.243
YCbCr
Y: 39.590, Cb: 203.089, Cr: 110.875
YCoCg
Y: 50.750, Cg: -38.750, Co: -44.750
YDbDr
Y: 27.450, Db: 228.011, Dr: 52.235
YPbPr
Y: 21.468, Pb: 84.880, Pr: -13.682
xvYCC
Y: 34.437, Cb: 202.561, Cr: 115.981
YIQ
Y: 27.450, I: -60.800, Q: 49.422
YUV
Y: 27.450, U: 74.578, V: -24.082
Okhsl
h: 264.163, s: 0.996, l: 0.256
Okhsv
h: 264.163. s: 0.986, v: 0.693
Okhwb
h: 264.163, w: 0.010, b: 0.307
Oklab
l: 0.353, a: -0.024, b: -0.234
Oklch
l: 0.353, c: 0.236, h: 264.163
Munsell Color System
10PB 2/10 ΔE = 18.536
Brand Color
Pinboard ΔE = 7.643

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