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Recognised as Colour

#2268BE

  • #2268BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#2268BE is a blue with RGB values 34, 104, 190 and HSL 213°, 70%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#2268BE#2268BE
HEX#2268BE
RGBrgb(34, 104, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.4078, 0.7451
RGB percentages13.3%, 40.8%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(213.1, 69.6%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.1, 82.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK82.1%, 45.3%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,255,038
CSS custom property--colour: #2268BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.54:1
Contrast with white5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#DD9741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A70C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1562BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#007D8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.5Royal blue · ΔE 21.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.6Steel blue · ΔE 25.2Slate blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE7822
Analogous#22B6BE, #2A22BE
Triadic#BE2268, #68BE22
Split complementary#BE2A22, #B6BE22
Tetradic#BE22B6, #BE7822, #22BE2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9D3F3
Lighter +30%#8EB8EB
Lighter +20%#639CE3
Lighter +10%#3881DB
Darker −10%#1A5093
Darker −20%#133967
Darker −30%#0B213C
Darker −40%#030911
More saturated +25%#0665DA
Less saturated −25%#3E6BA2

Channel breakdown

R34
G104
B190
Red34 (13.3%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue213.08°
Saturation (HSL)69.64%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G 68 · B BE

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