Recognised as Colour

#2E60DB

#2E60DB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#2E60DB is a blue with RGB values 46, 96, 219 and HSL 223°, 71%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2E60DB

RGBrgb(46, 96, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.3765, 0.8588

RGB percentages18%, 37.6%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(222.7, 70.6%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.7, 79%, 85.9%)

CMYK79%, 56.2%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,039,451

CSS custom property--colour: #2E60DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.51:1

Contrast with white5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#D19F24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0071DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#007F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 4.4 Slate blue · ΔE 13 Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.7 Medium purple · ΔE 22.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 4.43, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DBA92E

Analogous#2EB6DB, #532EDB

Triadic#DB2E60, #60DB2E

Split complementary#DB532E, #B6DB2E

Tetradic#DB2EB6, #DBA92E, #2EDB53

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCE4F9

Lighter +30%#B1C3F1

Lighter +20%#85A2EA

Lighter +10%#5A81E2

Darker −10%#1F4BB7

Darker −20%#18398B

Darker −30%#102760

Darker −40%#091534

More saturated +25%#0F53FA

Less saturated −25%#4D6DBC

Channel breakdown

R46

G96

B219

Red46 (18%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue222.66°

Saturation (HSL)70.61%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2E · G 60 · B DB

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Colour harmonies

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