Close to Medium Blue

#070BBC

#070BBC is a mid-tone, vivid blue, close to the color Medium Blue. In RGB it’s made of 2.7% red, 4.3% green, and 73.7% blue. Its hue is 239°, with 93% saturation and 38% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

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This color as text on black

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #070BBC as they’d see it.

Typical vision#070BBC
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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What color is #070BBC?

#070BBC is a mid-tone, vivid blue, close to the color Medium Blue. In RGB it’s made of 2.7% red, 4.3% green, and 73.7% blue. Its hue is 239°, with 93% saturation and 38% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

What is #070BBC in RGB?

#070BBC is rgb(7, 11, 188): 7 red, 11 green, and 188 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #070BBC in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(96, 94, 0, 26). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #070BBC?

PANTONE Violet C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #070BBC?

Its complement #3B3A00 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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