#4233BD

A medium, moderate blue closely aligning with Darkblue.

About #4233BD

When working with digital screens, the color #4233BD is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 66 red, 51 green, and 189 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 65% cyan and 73% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 246.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#4233BD
RGB66, 51, 189
HSL246.5°, 57.5%, 47.1%
CMYK65%, 73%, 0%, 26%
HSV246.5°, 73.0%, 74.1%
LAB32.3, 47.0, -69.9
XYZ12.6, 7.2, 48.9
Decimal4338621

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.61:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.44:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
8.23:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.07:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #4233BD; }
.text-color { color: #4233BD; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #4233BD; }

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Darkblue
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