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Recognised as Colour

#025ABE

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

#025ABE is a blue with RGB values 2, 90, 190 and HSL 212°, 98%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#025ABE#025ABE
HEX#025ABE
RGBrgb(2, 90, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.3529, 0.7451
RGB percentages0.8%, 35.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(211.9, 97.9%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.9, 98.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK98.9%, 52.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer154,302
CSS custom property--colour: #025ABE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#FDA541

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0766C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#007383no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 13.7Slate blue · ΔE 19.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5Medium purple · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE6602
Analogous#02B8BE, #0802BE
Triadic#BE025A, #5ABE02
Split complementary#BE0802, #B8BE02
Tetradic#BE02B8, #BE6602, #02BE08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8EC2FE
Lighter +30%#5CA7FD
Lighter +20%#298CFD
Lighter +10%#0372F0
Darker −10%#01428C
Darker −20%#012A59
Darker −30%#001227
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005AC0
Less saturated −25%#1A5CA6

Channel breakdown

R2
G90
B190
Red2 (0.8%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue211.91°
Saturation (HSL)97.92%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 5A · B BE

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