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Recognised as Colour

#029EFB

  • #029EFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#029EFB is a blue with RGB values 2, 158, 251 and HSL 202°, 98%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#029EFB#029EFB
HEX#029EFB
RGBrgb(2, 158, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6196, 0.9843
RGB percentages0.8%, 62%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(202.4, 98.4%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.4, 99.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK99.2%, 37.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer171,771
CSS custom property--colour: #029EFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.29:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#FD6104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#70A3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D8FF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B5C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.4Steel blue · ΔE 25.9Royal blue · ΔE 32.4Light skyblue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB5F02
Analogous#02FBDB, #0222FB
Triadic#FB029E, #9EFB02
Split complementary#FB0222, #FBDC02
Tetradic#DB02FB, #FB5F02, #21FB02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAEBFF
Lighter +30%#98D8FE
Lighter +20%#65C5FE
Lighter +10%#33B2FD
Darker −10%#027EC8
Darker −20%#015E96
Darker −30%#013E63
Darker −40%#001F31
More saturated +25%#009FFD
Less saturated −25%#2296DB

Channel breakdown

R2
G158
B251
Red2 (0.8%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue202.41°
Saturation (HSL)98.42%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 9E · B FB

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