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Recognised as Colour

#2979CA

  • #2979CA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#2979CA is a blue with RGB values 41, 121, 202 and HSL 210°, 66%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#2979CA#2979CA
HEX#2979CA
RGBrgb(41, 121, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.4745, 0.7922
RGB percentages16.1%, 47.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(210.2, 66.3%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.2, 79.7%, 79.2%)
CMYK79.7%, 40.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,718,154
CSS custom property--colour: #2979CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#D68635

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#527FCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#3770C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#008C98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.1Steel blue · ΔE 19Royal blue · ΔE 27.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.3Medium purple · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA7A29
Analogous#29C9CA, #2929CA
Triadic#CA2979, #79CA29
Split complementary#CA2A29, #C9CA29
Tetradic#CA29C9, #CA7A29, #29CA2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBDFF4
Lighter +30%#A0C6EC
Lighter +20%#76ACE3
Lighter +10%#4B93DB
Darker −10%#2060A0
Darker −20%#184675
Darker −30%#0F2D4B
Darker −40%#071320
More saturated +25%#0B79E8
Less saturated −25%#4779AC

Channel breakdown

R41
G121
B202
Red41 (16.1%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue210.19°
Saturation (HSL)66.26%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 79 · B CA

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