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Recognised as Colour

#2674C8

  • #2674C8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#2674C8 is a blue with RGB values 38, 116, 200 and HSL 211°, 68%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#2674C8#2674C8
HEX#2674C8
RGBrgb(38, 116, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.4549, 0.7843
RGB percentages14.9%, 45.5%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(211.1, 68.1%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.1, 81%, 78.4%)
CMYK81%, 42%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,520,264
CSS custom property--colour: #2674C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#D98B37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A7BCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2D6CC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#008894no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.4Steel blue · ΔE 21.5Royal blue · ΔE 24.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.2Slate blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C87A26
Analogous#26C5C8, #2926C8
Triadic#C82674, #74C826
Split complementary#C82926, #C5C826
Tetradic#C826C5, #C87A26, #26C829

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6DCF4
Lighter +30%#9BC2EC
Lighter +20%#70A8E4
Lighter +10%#458EDC
Darker −10%#1E5B9D
Darker −20%#164272
Darker −30%#0E2947
Darker −40%#05111D
More saturated +25%#0873E6
Less saturated −25%#4475AA

Channel breakdown

R38
G116
B200
Red38 (14.9%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue211.11°
Saturation (HSL)68.07%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 74 · B C8

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