Recognised as Colour

#2F63AE

#2F63AE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#2F63AE is a blue with RGB values 47, 99, 174 and HSL 215°, 57%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#2F63AE#2F63AE

HEX#2F63AE

RGBrgb(47, 99, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.3882, 0.6824

RGB percentages18.4%, 38.8%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(215.4, 57.5%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.4, 73%, 68.2%)

CMYK73%, 43.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,105,710

CSS custom property--colour: #2F63AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.97:1

Contrast with white5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#D09C51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F6AB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#285EACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#007580no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8 Steel blue · ΔE 21 Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.2 Royal blue · ΔE 27.3 Slate blue · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 20.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE7A2F

Analogous#2FA3AE, #3A2FAE

Triadic#AE2F63, #63AE2F

Split complementary#AE3B2F, #A3AE2F

Tetradic#AE2FA3, #AE7A2F, #2FAE3B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BCD0ED

Lighter +30%#94B4E2

Lighter +20%#6C98D7

Lighter +10%#447CCC

Darker −10%#244C86

Darker −20%#19355E

Darker −30%#0E1E36

Darker −40%#04080D

More saturated +25%#135ECA

Less saturated −25%#4B6892

Channel breakdown

R47

G99

B174

Red47 (18.4%)

Green99 (38.8%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue215.43°

Saturation (HSL)57.47%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2F · G 63 · B AE

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