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Recognised as Colour

#028CD7

  • #028CD7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#028CD7 is a blue with RGB values 2, 140, 215 and HSL 201°, 98%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#028CD7#028CD7
HEX#028CD7
RGBrgb(2, 140, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.549, 0.8431
RGB percentages0.8%, 54.9%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(201.1, 98.2%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.1, 99.1%, 84.3%)
CMYK99.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer167,127
CSS custom property--colour: #028CD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#FD7328

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#678FDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B7ED6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#009FA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.8Steel blue · ΔE 15.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.2Light skyblue · ΔE 31.1Light slate grey · ΔE 35.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D74D02
Analogous#02D7B7, #0222D7
Triadic#D7028C, #8CD702
Split complementary#D70222, #D7B802
Tetradic#B702D7, #D74D02, #21D702

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7DFFE
Lighter +30%#74CDFE
Lighter +20%#42BBFD
Lighter +10%#0FA9FD
Darker −10%#026BA4
Darker −20%#014A72
Darker −30%#01293F
Darker −40%#00080D
More saturated +25%#008DD9
Less saturated −25%#1D84BC

Channel breakdown

R2
G140
B215
Red2 (0.8%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue201.13°
Saturation (HSL)98.16%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 8C · B D7

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