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Recognised as Colour

#298BE6

  • #298BE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#298BE6 is a blue with RGB values 41, 139, 230 and HSL 209°, 79%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#298BE6#298BE6
HEX#298BE6
RGBrgb(41, 139, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.5451, 0.902
RGB percentages16.1%, 54.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(208.9, 79.1%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.9, 82.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK82.2%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,722,790
CSS custom property--colour: #298BE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.93:1
Contrast with white3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#D67419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E91EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F80E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00A1ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 11.4Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Royal blue · ΔE 26.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.4Medium purple · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E68429
Analogous#29E6E3, #292CE6
Triadic#E6298B, #8BE629
Split complementary#E6292C, #E6E329
Tetradic#E329E6, #E68429, #2CE629

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0EEFB
Lighter +30%#B2D5F6
Lighter +20%#84BDF1
Lighter +10%#57A4EB
Darker −10%#1771C5
Darker −20%#125797
Darker −30%#0C3D6A
Darker −40%#07223C
More saturated +25%#108CFF
Less saturated −25%#478AC8

Channel breakdown

R41
G139
B230
Red41 (16.1%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue208.89°
Saturation (HSL)79.08%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 8B · B E6

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