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Recognised as Colour

#296AD9

  • #296AD9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#296AD9 is a blue with RGB values 41, 106, 217 and HSL 218°, 70%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#296AD9#296AD9
HEX#296AD9
RGBrgb(41, 106, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.4157, 0.851
RGB percentages16.1%, 41.6%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(217.8, 69.8%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.8, 81.1%, 85.1%)
CMYK81.1%, 51.2%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,714,329
CSS custom property--colour: #296AD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#D69526

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1E77DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008597no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 6.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.2Slate blue · ΔE 16.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.9Medium purple · ΔE 22.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D99829
Analogous#29C2D9, #4029D9
Triadic#D9296A, #6AD929
Split complementary#D94029, #C2D929
Tetradic#D929C2, #D99829, #29D940

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6E3F8
Lighter +30%#ABC4F0
Lighter +20%#80A6E8
Lighter +10%#5488E1
Darker −10%#1F55B0
Darker −20%#184084
Darker −30%#102B59
Darker −40%#08162E
More saturated +25%#0962F9
Less saturated −25%#4972BA

Channel breakdown

R41
G106
B217
Red41 (16.1%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue217.84°
Saturation (HSL)69.84%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 6A · B D9

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