Recognised as Colour

#240BE5

#240BE5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#240BE5 is a blue with RGB values 36, 11, 229 and HSL 247°, 91%, 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

#240BE5#240BE5

HEX#240BE5

RGBrgb(36, 11, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.0431, 0.898

RGB percentages14.1%, 4.3%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(246.9, 90.8%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(246.9, 95.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK84.3%, 95.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,362,341

CSS custom property--colour: #240BE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.32:1

Contrast with white9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#DBF41A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0051EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#006087no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 105.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.5 Blue · ΔE 13.7 Blue violet · ΔE 25.2 Dark violet · ΔE 28.5 Dark blue · ΔE 38.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CCE50B

Analogous#0B5FE5, #910BE5

Triadic#E5240B, #0BE524

Split complementary#E5910B, #5FE50B

Tetradic#E50B5F, #CCE50B, #0BE591

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7C0FC

Lighter +30%#9C8FFA

Lighter +20%#705FF7

Lighter +10%#452EF5

Darker −10%#1C09B4

Darker −20%#150684

Darker −30%#0D0453

Darker −40%#050222

More saturated +25%#1C00F0

Less saturated −25%#3B29C7

Channel breakdown

R36

G11

B229

Red36 (14.1%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue246.88°

Saturation (HSL)90.83%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 24 · G 0B · B E5

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