Recognised as Colour

#042EBA

#042EBA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#042EBA is a blue with RGB values 4, 46, 186 and HSL 226°, 96%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#042EBA#042EBA

HEX#042EBA

RGBrgb(4, 46, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.1804, 0.7294

RGB percentages1.6%, 18%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(226.2, 95.8%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 97.8%, 72.9%)

CMYK97.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer274,106

CSS custom property--colour: #042EBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.98:1

Contrast with white9.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#FBD145

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004BBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003AB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#005872no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.9 Navy · ΔE 18.6 Indigo · ΔE 24 Slate blue · ΔE 25.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.1 Medium blue · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BA9004

Analogous#0489BA, #3504BA

Triadic#BA042E, #2EBA04

Split complementary#BA3504, #89BA04

Tetradic#BA0489, #BA9004, #04BA35

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#8DA7FD

Lighter +30%#5C80FB

Lighter +20%#2A5AFA

Lighter +10%#053AEC

Darker −10%#032288

Darker −20%#021556

Darker −30%#010924

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002CBE

Less saturated −25%#1C3BA2

Channel breakdown

G46

B186

Red4 (1.6%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue226.15°

Saturation (HSL)95.79%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G 2E · B BA

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