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Recognised as Colour

#2875C5

  • #2875C5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#2875C5 is a blue with RGB values 40, 117, 197 and HSL 211°, 66%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#2875C5#2875C5
HEX#2875C5
RGBrgb(40, 117, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.4588, 0.7725
RGB percentages15.7%, 45.9%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(210.6, 66.2%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.6, 79.7%, 77.3%)
CMYK79.7%, 40.6%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,651,589
CSS custom property--colour: #2875C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#D78A3A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E7BC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#336DC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#008893no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14Steel blue · ΔE 19Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.2Royal blue · ΔE 27Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.9Medium purple · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C57828
Analogous#28C4C5, #2928C5
Triadic#C52875, #75C528
Split complementary#C52928, #C4C528
Tetradic#C528C3, #C57828, #28C529

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6DCF3
Lighter +30%#9BC2EB
Lighter +20%#71A8E2
Lighter +10%#468FDA
Darker −10%#1F5C9B
Darker −20%#174370
Darker −30%#0E2946
Darker −40%#06101B
More saturated +25%#0A74E3
Less saturated −25%#4676A7

Channel breakdown

R40
G117
B197
Red40 (15.7%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue210.57°
Saturation (HSL)66.24%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 28 · G 75 · B C5

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