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Colour

#024C8A

  • #024C8A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#024C8A is a blue with RGB values 2, 76, 138 and HSL 207°, 97%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#024C8A#024C8A
HEX#024C8A
RGBrgb(2, 76, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.298, 0.5412
RGB percentages0.8%, 29.8%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(207.4, 97.1%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.4, 98.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK98.6%, 44.9%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer150,666
CSS custom property--colour: #024C8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#FDB375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2B518Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0E4689no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#005B64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.9Steel blue · ΔE 24Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.7Midnight blue · ΔE 32.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 36.4Royal blue · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 20.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A4002
Analogous#028A84, #02088A
Triadic#8A024C, #4C8A02
Split complementary#8A0208, #8A8402
Tetradic#84028A, #8A4002, #088A02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5BB3FD
Lighter +30%#299CFC
Lighter +20%#0383EF
Lighter +10%#0368BC
Darker −10%#013058
Darker −20%#011525
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004C8C
Less saturated −25%#134A79

Channel breakdown

R2
G76
B138
Red2 (0.8%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue207.35°
Saturation (HSL)97.14%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 4C · B 8A

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