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Recognised as Colour

#265ADA

  • #265ADA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#265ADA is a blue with RGB values 38, 90, 218 and HSL 223°, 71%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#265ADA#265ADA
HEX#265ADA
RGBrgb(38, 90, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.3529, 0.8549
RGB percentages14.9%, 35.3%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(222.7, 70.9%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.7, 82.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK82.6%, 58.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,513,626
CSS custom property--colour: #265ADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1
Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#D9A525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007B91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8.4Slate blue · ΔE 13.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.2Medium purple · ΔE 24.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAA626
Analogous#26B4DA, #4C26DA
Triadic#DA265A, #5ADA26
Split complementary#DA4C26, #B4DA26
Tetradic#DA26B4, #DAA626, #26DA4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4DFF8
Lighter +30%#A9BDF0
Lighter +20%#7D9CE9
Lighter +10%#527BE1
Darker −10%#1E48AF
Darker −20%#163684
Darker −30%#0F2458
Darker −40%#08122C
More saturated +25%#064DFA
Less saturated −25%#4667BA

Channel breakdown

R38
G90
B218
Red38 (14.9%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue222.67°
Saturation (HSL)70.87%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 5A · B DA

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