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Recognised as Colour

#2273BE

  • #2273BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#2273BE is a blue with RGB values 34, 115, 190 and HSL 209°, 70%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#2273BE#2273BE
HEX#2273BE
RGBrgb(34, 115, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.451, 0.7451
RGB percentages13.3%, 45.1%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(208.8, 69.6%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.8, 82.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK82.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,257,854
CSS custom property--colour: #2273BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.93:1
Contrast with white4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#DD8C41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F78C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#356ABDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00858Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.1Steel blue · ΔE 16.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.4Royal blue · ΔE 29.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE6D22
Analogous#22BEBB, #2225BE
Triadic#BE2273, #73BE22
Split complementary#BE2225, #BEBB22
Tetradic#BB22BE, #BE6D22, #25BE22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9D7F3
Lighter +30%#8EBEEB
Lighter +20%#63A5E3
Lighter +10%#388DDB
Darker −10%#1A5993
Darker −20%#133F67
Darker −30%#0B243C
Darker −40%#030A11
More saturated +25%#0674DA
Less saturated −25%#3E72A2

Channel breakdown

R34
G115
B190
Red34 (13.3%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue208.85°
Saturation (HSL)69.64%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G 73 · B BE

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