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Recognised as Colour

#240AE6

  • #240AE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#240AE6 is a blue with RGB values 36, 10, 230 and HSL 247°, 92%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#240AE6#240AE6
HEX#240AE6
RGBrgb(36, 10, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.0392, 0.902
RGB percentages14.1%, 3.9%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(247.1, 91.7%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.1, 95.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK84.3%, 95.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,362,086
CSS custom property--colour: #240AE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#DBF519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003CE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Tritanopia#006087no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 106.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.1Blue · ΔE 13.1Blue violet · ΔE 25.6Dark violet · ΔE 28.8Dark blue · ΔE 38.9Dark orchid · ΔE 40
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCE60A
Analogous#0A5EE6, #920AE6
Triadic#E6240A, #0AE624
Split complementary#E6920A, #5EE60A
Tetradic#E60A5E, #CCE60A, #0AE692

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7C0FC
Lighter +30%#9C8FFA
Lighter +20%#705EF8
Lighter +10%#452DF6
Darker −10%#1C08B5
Darker −20%#150684
Darker −30%#0D0453
Darker −40%#050122
More saturated +25%#1C00F0
Less saturated −25%#3B28C8

Channel breakdown

R36
G10
B230
Red36 (14.1%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue247.09°
Saturation (HSL)91.67%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 0A · B E6

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