#2449AF

A medium, moderate blue closely aligning with Royalblue.

About #2449AF

Visually, #2449AF is defined as a moderate blue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Royalblue. Its digital footprint relies on 36 parts red, 73 parts green, and 175 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 79% cyan and 58% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#2449AF
RGB36, 73, 175
HSL224.0°, 65.9%, 41.4%
CMYK79%, 58%, 0%, 31%
HSV224.0°, 79.4%, 68.6%
LAB34.5, 25.0, -58.1
XYZ10.8, 8.2, 41.6
Decimal2378159

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.93:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.65:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.58:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.25:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #2449AF; }
.text-color { color: #2449AF; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #2449AF; }

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