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Recognised as Colour

#296ADB

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

#296ADB is a blue with RGB values 41, 106, 219 and HSL 218°, 71%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#296ADB#296ADB
HEX#296ADB
RGBrgb(41, 106, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.4157, 0.8588
RGB percentages16.1%, 41.6%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(218.1, 71.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.1, 81.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK81.3%, 51.6%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,714,331
CSS custom property--colour: #296ADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#D69524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1978DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008698no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 5.9Slate blue · ΔE 16.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.1Medium purple · ΔE 22.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB9A29
Analogous#29C3DB, #4129DB
Triadic#DB296A, #6ADB29
Split complementary#DB4129, #C3DB29
Tetradic#DB29C3, #DB9A29, #29DB41

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8E4F8
Lighter +30%#ACC5F1
Lighter +20%#80A7EA
Lighter +10%#5588E2
Darker −10%#1E54B3
Darker −20%#174087
Darker −30%#0F2B5C
Darker −40%#081730
More saturated +25%#0A62FA
Less saturated −25%#4872BC

Channel breakdown

R41
G106
B219
Red41 (16.1%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue218.09°
Saturation (HSL)71.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 6A · B DB

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