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Recognised as Colour

#025FC9

  • #025FC9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#025FC9 is a blue with RGB values 2, 95, 201 and HSL 212°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#025FC9#025FC9
HEX#025FC9
RGBrgb(2, 95, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.3725, 0.7882
RGB percentages0.8%, 37.3%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(212, 98%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212, 99%, 78.8%)
CMYK99%, 52.7%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer155,593
CSS custom property--colour: #025FC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.03:1
Contrast with white6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#FDA036

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#036BCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00798Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 10.4Slate blue · ΔE 18Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 25Medium purple · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 10.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C96C02
Analogous#02C2C9, #0902C9
Triadic#C9025F, #5FC902
Split complementary#C90902, #C2C902
Tetradic#C902C2, #C96C02, #02C909

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#99C8FE
Lighter +30%#67ADFD
Lighter +20%#3492FD
Lighter +10%#0377FB
Darker −10%#014797
Darker −20%#012F64
Darker −30%#001732
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005FCB
Less saturated −25%#1B61B0

Channel breakdown

R2
G95
B201
Red2 (0.8%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue211.96°
Saturation (HSL)98.03%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 5F · B C9

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