Colour

#25272E

#25272E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#25272E is a blue with RGB values 37, 39, 46 and HSL 227°, 11%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#25272E#25272E

HEX#25272E

RGBrgb(37, 39, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.1529, 0.1804

RGB percentages14.5%, 15.3%, 18%

HSLhsl(226.7, 10.8%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 19.6%, 18%)

CMYK19.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,434,862

CSS custom property--colour: #25272E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.91:1

Contrast with white14.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#DAD8D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#25282Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#24272Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#232829no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.1 Dim grey · ΔE 29.1 Slate grey · ΔE 37.7 Gray · ΔE 38.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 40.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E2C25

Analogous#252C2E, #27252E

Triadic#2E2527, #272E25

Split complementary#2E2725, #2C2E25

Tetradic#2E252C, #2E2C25, #252E27

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#83899C

Lighter +30%#696F83

Lighter +20%#525767

Lighter +10%#3C3F4A

Darker −10%#0E0F12

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1B2138

Less saturated −25%#292929

Channel breakdown

R37

G39

B46

Red37 (14.5%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue226.67°

Saturation (HSL)10.84%

Lightness16.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 25 · G 27 · B 2E

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