Recognised as Colour

#258EC8

#258EC8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#258EC8 is a blue with RGB values 37, 142, 200 and HSL 201°, 69%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#258EC8#258EC8

HEX#258EC8

RGBrgb(37, 142, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.5569, 0.7843

RGB percentages14.5%, 55.7%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(201.3, 68.8%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(201.3, 81.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK81.5%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,461,384

CSS custom property--colour: #258EC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1

Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#DA7137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#728ECBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C80C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Tritanopia#009DA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 8.3 Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 25.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.8 Slate grey · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C85F25

Analogous#25C8B0, #253DC8

Triadic#C8258E, #8EC825

Split complementary#C8253D, #C8B025

Tetradic#B025C8, #C85F25, #3DC825

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5E3F4

Lighter +30%#9ACFEC

Lighter +20%#6FBAE4

Lighter +10%#44A6DC

Darker −10%#1D6F9D

Darker −20%#155172

Darker −30%#0D3247

Darker −40%#05141C

More saturated +25%#0797E6

Less saturated −25%#4385AA

Channel breakdown

R37

G142

B200

Red37 (14.5%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue201.35°

Saturation (HSL)68.78%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 25 · G 8E · B C8

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Colour values

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