Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#0260AA

  • #0260AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0260AA is a blue with RGB values 2, 96, 170 and HSL 206°, 98%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0260AA#0260AA
HEX#0260AA
RGBrgb(2, 96, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.3765, 0.6667
RGB percentages0.8%, 37.6%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(206.4, 97.7%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.4, 98.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK98.8%, 43.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer155,818
CSS custom property--colour: #0260AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11281WCAG 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 6.45:1
Contrast with white6.45:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#FD9F55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3966ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1858A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#00727Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 20.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.3Royal blue · ΔE 29.3Slate blue · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 20.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA4C02
Analogous#02AAA0, #020CAA
Triadic#AA0260, #60AA02
Split complementary#AA020C, #AAA002
Tetradic#A002AA, #AA4C02, #0CAA02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7BC4FD
Lighter +30%#48ADFD
Lighter +20%#1697FC
Lighter +10%#037CDC
Darker −10%#014478
Darker −20%#012745
Darker −30%#000B13
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0060AC
Less saturated −25%#175D94

Channel breakdown

R2
G96
B170
Red2 (0.8%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue206.43°
Saturation (HSL)97.67%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 60 · B AA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “0260aa” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.