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Recognised as Colour

#025BCB

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

#025BCB is a blue with RGB values 2, 91, 203 and HSL 213°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#025BCB#025BCB
HEX#025BCB
RGBrgb(2, 91, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.3569, 0.7961
RGB percentages0.8%, 35.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(213.4, 98%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.4, 99%, 79.6%)
CMYK99%, 55.2%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer154,571
CSS custom property--colour: #025BCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.25:1
Contrast with white6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#FDA434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00778Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8.2Slate blue · ΔE 15.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5Medium purple · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB7202
Analogous#02BFCB, #0E02CB
Triadic#CB025B, #5BCB02
Split complementary#CB0E02, #BFCB02
Tetradic#CB02C0, #CB7202, #02CB0E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BC7FE
Lighter +30%#68AAFE
Lighter +20%#368EFD
Lighter +10%#0372FD
Darker −10%#024498
Darker −20%#012E66
Darker −30%#011733
Darker −40%#000001
More saturated +25%#005BCD
Less saturated −25%#1C5EB1

Channel breakdown

R2
G91
B203
Red2 (0.8%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue213.43°
Saturation (HSL)98.05%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 5B · B CB

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