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Recognised as Colour

#021ED5

  • #021ED5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#021ED5 is a blue with RGB values 2, 30, 213 and HSL 232°, 98%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#021ED5#021ED5
HEX#021ED5
RGBrgb(2, 30, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.1176, 0.8353
RGB percentages0.8%, 11.8%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(232, 98.1%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232, 99.1%, 83.5%)
CMYK99.1%, 85.9%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer138,965
CSS custom property--colour: #021ED5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.77:1
Contrast with white9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#FDE12A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004EDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#0039D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#005D7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.2Blue violet · ΔE 21.9Blue · ΔE 25.6Dark violet · ΔE 26.9Dark blue · ΔE 27.6Navy · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5B902
Analogous#0288D5, #4F02D5
Triadic#D5021E, #1ED502
Split complementary#D54F02, #88D502
Tetradic#D50288, #D5B902, #02D54F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5B1FE
Lighter +30%#7285FE
Lighter +20%#4059FD
Lighter +10%#0D2DFD
Darker −10%#0217A2
Darker −20%#011070
Darker −30%#01093D
Darker −40%#00020B
More saturated +25%#001DD7
Less saturated −25%#1D32BA

Channel breakdown

R2
G30
B213
Red2 (0.8%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue232.04°
Saturation (HSL)98.14%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 1E · B D5

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