Recognised as Colour

#260BCD

#260BCD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#260BCD is a blue with RGB values 38, 11, 205 and HSL 248°, 90%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#260BCD#260BCD

HEX#260BCD

RGBrgb(38, 11, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.0431, 0.8039

RGB percentages14.9%, 4.3%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(248.4, 89.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.4, 94.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK81.5%, 94.6%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,493,389

CSS custom property--colour: #260BCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.44:1

Contrast with white10.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#D9F432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0048D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0036CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005578no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 4.1 Blue violet · ΔE 20.9 Dark violet · ΔE 24.5 Blue · ΔE 24.5 Dark blue · ΔE 27.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 4.15, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2CD0B

Analogous#0B51CD, #870BCD

Triadic#CD260B, #0BCD26

Split complementary#CD870B, #51CD0B

Tetradic#CD0B51, #B2CD0B, #0BCD87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B5AAFA

Lighter +30%#8B79F8

Lighter +20%#6149F5

Lighter +10%#3718F3

Darker −10%#1D089D

Darker −20%#14066C

Darker −30%#0B033C

Darker −40%#02010B

More saturated +25%#1E00D8

Less saturated −25%#3926B2

Channel breakdown

R38

G11

B205

Red38 (14.9%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue248.35°

Saturation (HSL)89.81%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G 0B · B CD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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