Recognised as Colour

#2A05CB

#2A05CB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#2A05CB is a blue with RGB values 42, 5, 203 and HSL 251°, 95%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#2A05CB#2A05CB

HEX#2A05CB

RGBrgb(42, 5, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.0196, 0.7961

RGB percentages16.5%, 2%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(251.2, 95.2%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.2, 97.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK79.3%, 97.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,753,995

CSS custom property--colour: #2A05CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.59:1

Contrast with white10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#D5FA34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Tritanopia#005476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 4.1 Blue violet · ΔE 20.7 Dark violet · ΔE 24 Blue · ΔE 24.6 Dark blue · ΔE 27.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 4.13, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6CB05

Analogous#0543CB, #8D05CB

Triadic#CB2A05, #05CB2A

Split complementary#CB8D05, #43CB05

Tetradic#CB0543, #A6CB05, #05CB8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B19FFD

Lighter +30%#886EFB

Lighter +20%#5F3CFA

Lighter +10%#370AF9

Darker −10%#200499

Darker −20%#150367

Darker −30%#0B0136

Darker −40%#010004

More saturated +25%#2700D0

Less saturated −25%#3A1FB1

Channel breakdown

R42

B203

Red42 (16.5%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue251.21°

Saturation (HSL)95.19%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2A · G 05 · B CB

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