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Recognised as Colour

#2C52BE

  • #2C52BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#2C52BE is a blue with RGB values 44, 82, 190 and HSL 224°, 62%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#2C52BE#2C52BE
HEX#2C52BE
RGBrgb(44, 82, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.3216, 0.7451
RGB percentages17.3%, 32.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(224.4, 62.4%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 76.8%, 74.5%)
CMYK76.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,904,766
CSS custom property--colour: #2C52BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#D3AD41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#006D80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 10.6Slate blue · ΔE 12.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 20Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.5Medium purple · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 10.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE982C
Analogous#2C9BBE, #4F2CBE
Triadic#BE2C52, #52BE2C
Split complementary#BE4F2C, #9BBE2C
Tetradic#BE2C9B, #BE982C, #2CBE4F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5D0F1
Lighter +30%#9BAFE8
Lighter +20%#728EDE
Lighter +10%#486DD5
Darker −10%#224095
Darker −20%#192E6B
Darker −30%#0F1C42
Darker −40%#060B18
More saturated +25%#0F44DB
Less saturated −25%#4960A1

Channel breakdown

R44
G82
B190
Red44 (17.3%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue224.38°
Saturation (HSL)62.39%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G 52 · B BE

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