Blue

The color code of Blue indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with red it also forms the basic color magenta, but still remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

Because achromatic basic colors like black and white are restrained, the colorfulness of Blue is not really limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 98 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 10 %, Blue is a quite dark color.

Hex	`#1006ff`
RGB	`rgb(16, 6, 255)`
HSL*	`hsl(242, 100%, 51%)`
Lab*	`32.83 78.38 -106.97`
CMYK*	`94% 98% 0% 0%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

94 %

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