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Recognised as Colour

#245FCA

  • #245FCA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#245FCA is a blue with RGB values 36, 95, 202 and HSL 219°, 70%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#245FCA#245FCA
HEX#245FCA
RGBrgb(36, 95, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.3725, 0.7922
RGB percentages14.1%, 37.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(218.7, 69.7%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.7, 82.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK82.2%, 53%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,383,818
CSS custom property--colour: #245FCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1
Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#DBA035

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#076CCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00798Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8.8Slate blue · ΔE 15.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.8Medium purple · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA8F24
Analogous#24B2CA, #3C24CA
Triadic#CA245F, #5FCA24
Split complementary#CA3C24, #B2CA24
Tetradic#CA24B2, #CA8F24, #24CA3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5D6F5
Lighter +30%#9AB8ED
Lighter +20%#6F99E5
Lighter +10%#437ADE
Darker −10%#1C4B9F
Darker −20%#153673
Darker −30%#0D2248
Darker −40%#050E1D
More saturated +25%#0656E8
Less saturated −25%#4268AC

Channel breakdown

R36
G95
B202
Red36 (14.1%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue218.67°
Saturation (HSL)69.75%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 5F · B CA

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