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Recognised as Colour

#021486

  • #021486
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#021486 is a blue with RGB values 2, 20, 134 and HSL 232°, 97%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#021486#021486
HEX#021486
RGBrgb(2, 20, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.0784, 0.5255
RGB percentages0.8%, 7.8%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(231.8, 97.1%, 26.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.8, 98.5%, 52.5%)
CMYK98.5%, 85.1%, 0%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer136,326
CSS custom property--colour: #021486;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.51:1
Contrast with white14.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#181818
Inverted#FDEB79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003089no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#002284no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#003A4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 7.8Dark blue · ΔE 11.5Indigo · ΔE 14.4Midnight blue · ΔE 15.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#867402
Analogous#025686, #320286
Triadic#860214, #148602
Split complementary#863202, #568602
Tetradic#860256, #867402, #028632

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#586EFD
Lighter +30%#2543FC
Lighter +20%#0423EB
Lighter +10%#031CB8
Darker −10%#010D54
Darker −20%#010521
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001388
Less saturated −25%#132075

Channel breakdown

R2
G20
B134
Red2 (0.8%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue231.82°
Saturation (HSL)97.06%
Lightness26.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 14 · B 86

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