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Recognised as Colour

#021BC8

  • #021BC8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#021BC8 is a blue with RGB values 2, 27, 200 and HSL 232°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#021BC8#021BC8
HEX#021BC8
RGBrgb(2, 27, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.1059, 0.7843
RGB percentages0.8%, 10.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(232.4, 98%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.4, 99%, 78.4%)
CMYK99%, 86.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer138,184
CSS custom property--colour: #021BC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.53:1
Contrast with white10.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#FDE437

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0034C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#005777no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 10.4Blue violet · ΔE 22.1Dark blue · ΔE 22.4Dark violet · ΔE 26.8Navy · ΔE 27.5Blue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 10.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8AF02
Analogous#027EC8, #4C02C8
Triadic#C8021B, #1BC802
Split complementary#C84C02, #7EC802
Tetradic#C8027E, #C8AF02, #02C84C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#98A5FE
Lighter +30%#6679FD
Lighter +20%#334DFD
Lighter +10%#0322FA
Darker −10%#011496
Darker −20%#010D63
Darker −30%#000731
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001ACA
Less saturated −25%#1B2EAF

Channel breakdown

R2
G27
B200
Red2 (0.8%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue232.42°
Saturation (HSL)98.02%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 1B · B C8

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