Colour

#2E5E8D

#2E5E8D
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Nearest: Steel blue

#2E5E8D is a blue with RGB values 46, 94, 141 and HSL 210°, 51%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#2E5E8D#2E5E8D

HEX#2E5E8D

RGBrgb(46, 94, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.3686, 0.5529

RGB percentages18%, 36.9%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(209.7, 50.8%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(209.7, 67.4%, 55.3%)

CMYK67.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,038,861

CSS custom property--colour: #2E5E8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.77:1

Contrast with white6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#D1A172

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#49608Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C578Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00696Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.3 Slate grey · ΔE 24.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D5D2E

Analogous#2E8D8D, #2E2E8D

Triadic#8D2E5E, #5E8D2E

Split complementary#8D2E2E, #8D8D2E

Tetradic#8D2E8D, #8D5D2E, #2E8D2E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A5C4E2

Lighter +30%#7FAAD5

Lighter +20%#5891C9

Lighter +10%#3B78B3

Darker −10%#214467

Darker −20%#152B40

Darker −30%#08111A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#175EA4

Less saturated −25%#455E76

Channel breakdown

R46

G94

B141

Red46 (18%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue209.68°

Saturation (HSL)50.8%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2E · G 5E · B 8D

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