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Recognised as Colour

#2B6EDA

  • #2B6EDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#2B6EDA is a blue with RGB values 43, 110, 218 and HSL 217°, 70%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#2B6EDA#2B6EDA
HEX#2B6EDA
RGBrgb(43, 110, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.4314, 0.8549
RGB percentages16.9%, 43.1%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(217, 70.3%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217, 80.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK80.3%, 49.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,846,426
CSS custom property--colour: #2B6EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#D49125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2B7ADEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00889Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 9.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.2Slate blue · ΔE 18.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.3Medium purple · ΔE 22.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 9.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA972B
Analogous#2BC5DA, #402BDA
Triadic#DA2B6E, #6EDA2B
Split complementary#DA3F2B, #C6DA2B
Tetradic#DA2BC5, #DA972B, #2BDA3F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9E5F8
Lighter +30%#ADC7F1
Lighter +20%#82A9E9
Lighter +10%#568CE2
Darker −10%#1F58B3
Darker −20%#184287
Darker −30%#102D5C
Darker −40%#081831
More saturated +25%#0C67F9
Less saturated −25%#4A75BB

Channel breakdown

R43
G110
B218
Red43 (16.9%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue217.03°
Saturation (HSL)70.28%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2B · G 6E · B DA

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