Recognised as Colour

#251EFB

#251EFB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#251EFB is a blue with RGB values 37, 30, 251 and HSL 242°, 97%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#251EFB#251EFB

HEX#251EFB

RGBrgb(37, 30, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.1176, 0.9843

RGB percentages14.5%, 11.8%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(241.9, 96.5%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(241.9, 88%, 98.4%)

CMYK85.3%, 88%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,432,763

CSS custom property--colour: #251EFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.9:1

Contrast with white7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#DAE104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0045F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006D95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 111.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 9.3 Medium blue · ΔE 15 Blue violet · ΔE 28.2 Dark violet · ΔE 32.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 43.2 Dark blue · ΔE 44.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F4FB1E

Analogous#1E86FB, #931EFB

Triadic#FB251E, #1EFB25

Split complementary#FB931E, #85FB1E

Tetradic#FB1E86, #F4FB1E, #1EFB94

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E6FF

Lighter +30%#B7B4FE

Lighter +20%#8682FD

Lighter +10%#5650FC

Darker −10%#0B04E2

Darker −20%#0903B0

Darker −30%#06027E

Darker −40%#04014C

More saturated +25%#211AFF

Less saturated −25%#403BDE

Channel breakdown

R37

G30

B251

Red37 (14.5%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue241.9°

Saturation (HSL)96.51%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 25 · G 1E · B FB

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