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Recognised as Colour

#226EDE

  • #226EDE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#226EDE is a blue with RGB values 34, 110, 222 and HSL 216°, 74%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#226EDE#226EDE
HEX#226EDE
RGBrgb(34, 110, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.4314, 0.8706
RGB percentages13.3%, 43.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(215.7, 74%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.7, 84.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK84.7%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,256,606
CSS custom property--colour: #226EDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#DD9121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#237BE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006ADCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00899Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 7.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.4Slate blue · ΔE 18.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 22Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.8Medium purple · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE9222
Analogous#22CCDE, #3422DE
Triadic#DE226E, #6EDE22
Split complementary#DE3422, #CCDE22
Tetradic#DE22CC, #DE9222, #22DE34

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3E2F9
Lighter +30%#A7C5F2
Lighter +20%#7BA8EB
Lighter +10%#4E8BE5
Darker −10%#1B58B2
Darker −20%#144286
Darker −30%#0D2C5A
Darker −40%#07162D
More saturated +25%#0268FE
Less saturated −25%#4274BE

Channel breakdown

R34
G110
B222
Red34 (13.3%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue215.74°
Saturation (HSL)74.02%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G 6E · B DE

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