Colour

#245B88

#245B88
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#245B88 is a blue with RGB values 36, 91, 136 and HSL 207°, 58%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#245B88

RGBrgb(36, 91, 136)

RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.3569, 0.5333

RGB percentages14.1%, 35.7%, 53.3%

HSLhsl(207, 58.1%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(207, 73.5%, 53.3%)

CMYK73.5%, 33.1%, 0%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,382,728

CSS custom property--colour: #245B88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.17:1

Contrast with white7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#DBA477

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#475D8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#395387no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00666Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.5 Slate grey · ΔE 25.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.2 Dim grey · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#885124

Analogous#248883, #242988

Triadic#88245B, #5B8824

Split complementary#882429, #888324

Tetradic#832488, #885124, #298824

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#95C0E3

Lighter +30%#6DA8D8

Lighter +20%#4490CE

Lighter +10%#2F76B0

Darker −10%#194060

Darker −20%#0F2537

Darker −30%#040A0F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0F5D9E

Less saturated −25%#3A5972

Channel breakdown

R36

G91

B136

Red36 (14.1%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue136 (53.3%)

Hue207°

Saturation (HSL)58.14%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 24 · G 5B · B 88

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