Colour

#2804EB

#2804EB
Blue
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Nearest: Blue

#2804EB is a blue with RGB values 40, 4, 235 and HSL 249°, 97%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#2804EB#2804EB

HEX#2804EB

RGBrgb(40, 4, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.0157, 0.9216

RGB percentages15.7%, 1.6%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(249.4, 96.7%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.4, 98.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK83%, 98.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,622,699

CSS custom property--colour: #2804EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.1:1

Contrast with white9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#D7FB14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0053F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003DE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00628Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 109.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 10.2 Medium blue · ΔE 11.9 Blue violet · ΔE 27.3 Dark violet · ΔE 30.2 Dark blue · ΔE 41.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 42

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C7EB04

Analogous#0454EB, #9B04EB

Triadic#EB2804, #04EB28

Split complementary#EB9B04, #54EB04

Tetradic#EB0454, #C7EB04, #04EB9B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7BDFE

Lighter +30%#9D8BFD

Lighter +20%#7259FC

Lighter +10%#4827FB

Darker −10%#1F03B9

Darker −20%#170287

Darker −30%#0E0155

Darker −40%#060122

More saturated +25%#2500EF

Less saturated −25%#3D22CD

Channel breakdown

R40

B235

Red40 (15.7%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue249.35°

Saturation (HSL)96.65%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 28 · G 04 · B EB

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Colour values

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