Recognised as Colour

#290BFE

#290BFE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#290BFE is a blue with RGB values 41, 11, 254 and HSL 247°, 99%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#290BFE#290BFE

HEX#290BFE

RGBrgb(41, 11, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.0431, 0.9961

RGB percentages16.1%, 4.3%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(247.4, 99.2%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(247.4, 95.7%, 99.6%)

CMYK83.9%, 95.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,690,046

CSS custom property--colour: #290BFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.16:1

Contrast with white8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#D6F401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0043FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Tritanopia#006B96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 114.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 3.6 Medium blue · ΔE 19.2 Blue violet · ΔE 32.3 Dark violet · ΔE 35.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 47.6 Dark blue · ΔE 49.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 3.57, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E0FE0B

Analogous#0B67FE, #A20BFE

Triadic#FE290B, #0BFE29

Split complementary#FEA20B, #67FE0B

Tetradic#FE0B67, #E0FE0B, #0BFEA2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBD6FF

Lighter +30%#AFA3FF

Lighter +20%#8271FE

Lighter +10%#563EFE

Darker −10%#1B01D5

Darker −20%#1501A2

Darker −30%#0E0070

Darker −40%#08003D

More saturated +25%#280AFF

Less saturated −25%#402ADF

Channel breakdown

R41

G11

B254

Red41 (16.1%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue247.41°

Saturation (HSL)99.18%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 29 · G 0B · B FE

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