Recognised as Colour

#212CAE

#212CAE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#212CAE is a blue with RGB values 33, 44, 174 and HSL 235°, 68%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#212CAE#212CAE

HEX#212CAE

RGBrgb(33, 44, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.1294, 0.1725, 0.6824

RGB percentages12.9%, 17.3%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(235.3, 68.1%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(235.3, 81%, 68.2%)

CMYK81%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,174,126

CSS custom property--colour: #212CAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.31:1

Contrast with white10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#DED351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00526Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.6 Navy · ΔE 15.7 Indigo · ΔE 19.5 Slate blue · ΔE 22.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEA321

Analogous#2172AE, #5D21AE

Triadic#AE212C, #2CAE21

Split complementary#AE5D21, #72AE21

Tetradic#AE2172, #AEA321, #21AE5D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ACB1EF

Lighter +30%#8189E7

Lighter +20%#5661DF

Lighter +10%#2B39D7

Darker −10%#192183

Darker −20%#111658

Darker −30%#090B2D

Darker −40%#000103

More saturated +25%#0716C8

Less saturated −25%#3B4294

Channel breakdown

R33

G44

B174

Red33 (12.9%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue235.32°

Saturation (HSL)68.12%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 21 · G 2C · B AE

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