Recognised as Colour

#262CB2

#262CB2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#262CB2 is a blue with RGB values 38, 44, 178 and HSL 237°, 65%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#262CB2#262CB2

HEX#262CB2

RGBrgb(38, 44, 178)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.1725, 0.698

RGB percentages14.9%, 17.3%, 69.8%

HSLhsl(237.4, 64.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(237.4, 78.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK78.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,501,810

CSS custom property--colour: #262CB2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.07:1

Contrast with white10.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#D9D34D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Tritanopia#00546Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.5 Navy · ΔE 16.3 Indigo · ΔE 20.1 Slate blue · ΔE 23.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2AC26

Analogous#2672B2, #6626B2

Triadic#B2262C, #2CB226

Split complementary#B26626, #72B226

Tetradic#B22672, #B2AC26, #26B266

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B5B7EF

Lighter +30%#8B8FE6

Lighter +20%#6166DD

Lighter +10%#373DD4

Darker −10%#1D2288

Darker −20%#14175E

Darker −30%#0B0D34

Darker −40%#02020A

More saturated +25%#0B13CD

Less saturated −25%#414597

Channel breakdown

R38

G44

B178

Red38 (14.9%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue178 (69.8%)

Hue237.43°

Saturation (HSL)64.81%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G 2C · B B2

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