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Recognised as Colour

#025D8B

  • #025D8B
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#025D8B is a blue with RGB values 2, 93, 139 and HSL 200°, 97%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#025D8B#025D8B
HEX#025D8B
RGBrgb(2, 93, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.3647, 0.5451
RGB percentages0.8%, 36.5%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(200.1, 97.2%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.1, 98.6%, 54.5%)
CMYK98.6%, 33.1%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer155,019
CSS custom property--colour: #025D8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#FDA274

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#475E8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#35538Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00696Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.2Slate grey · ΔE 26.6Light slate grey · ΔE 28.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.5Dim grey · ΔE 33.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B3002
Analogous#028B74, #02198B
Triadic#8B025D, #5D8B02
Split complementary#8B0219, #8B7402
Tetradic#74028B, #8B3002, #198B02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5CC7FD
Lighter +30%#2AB5FC
Lighter +20%#03A0F0
Lighter +10%#037FBD
Darker −10%#013B59
Darker −20%#011A26
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005E8D
Less saturated −25%#145779

Channel breakdown

R2
G93
B139
Red2 (0.8%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue200.15°
Saturation (HSL)97.16%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 5D · B 8B

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