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Recognised as Colour

#025ABA

  • #025ABA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#025ABA is a blue with RGB values 2, 90, 186 and HSL 211°, 98%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#025ABA#025ABA
HEX#025ABA
RGBrgb(2, 90, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.3529, 0.7294
RGB percentages0.8%, 35.3%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(211.3, 97.9%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.3, 98.9%, 72.9%)
CMYK98.9%, 51.6%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer154,298
CSS custom property--colour: #025ABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#FDA545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1465BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#007281no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 15.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.7Slate blue · ΔE 21Dodgerblue · ΔE 22Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.6Medium purple · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 15.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA6202
Analogous#02B6BA, #0602BA
Triadic#BA025A, #5ABA02
Split complementary#BA0602, #B6BA02
Tetradic#BA02B6, #BA6202, #02BA06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8AC1FE
Lighter +30%#58A7FD
Lighter +20%#258CFD
Lighter +10%#0372EC
Darker −10%#014288
Darker −20%#012955
Darker −30%#001123
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005ABC
Less saturated −25%#195BA3

Channel breakdown

R2
G90
B186
Red2 (0.8%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue211.3°
Saturation (HSL)97.87%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 5A · B BA

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