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Recognised as Colour

#425BCE

  • #425BCE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#425BCE is a blue with RGB values 66, 91, 206 and HSL 229°, 59%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#425BCE#425BCE
HEX#425BCE
RGBrgb(66, 91, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.3569, 0.8078
RGB percentages25.9%, 35.7%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(229.3, 58.8%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.3, 68%, 80.8%)
CMYK68%, 55.8%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,348,878
CSS custom property--colour: #425BCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.8:1
Contrast with white5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#BDA431

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00778Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 6.1Slate blue · ΔE 9.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.9Medium purple · ΔE 19.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEB542
Analogous#42A1CE, #6F42CE
Triadic#CE425B, #5BCE42
Split complementary#CE6F42, #A1CE42
Tetradic#CE42A1, #CEB542, #42CE6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4E8F8
Lighter +30%#BCC4EE
Lighter +20%#93A1E3
Lighter +10%#6A7ED9
Darker −10%#2D45B0
Darker −20%#233587
Darker −30%#18255F
Darker −40%#0E1536
More saturated +25%#2448EC
Less saturated −25%#606EB0

Channel breakdown

R66
G91
B206
Red66 (25.9%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue229.29°
Saturation (HSL)58.82%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 42 · G 5B · B CE

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