Balanced Brook toward the Knotting

#0231ca RGB(2,49,202)

About this color

Balanced Brook toward the Knotting is rendered by screens as RGB(2, 49, 202) — a medium-dark, intense blue hue.

#0231caRGB(2, 49, 202)

HSL 226° · 98% saturation · 40% lightness

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Psychology

Blue at medium lightness is the colour of trust and communication — widely associated with stability, focus, and honesty.

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History

Blue has been among the most valued pigments throughout history — ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli, was once worth more than gold and reserved for the robes of the Virgin Mary in medieval painting.

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Design use

This shade sits in a versatile middle ground — useful as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, complement this blue with amber and warm orange for high-contrast energy, or stay within blue-green and violet neighbours for a serene, cohesive feel.

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Color formats

Name
Balanced Brook toward the Knotting
HEX
#0231ca
RGB
rgb(2,49,202)
RGB%
rgb(0.8%,19.2%,79.2%)
HSL
hsl(226,98%,40%)
HSV
hsv(226,99%,79%)
CMYK
cmyk(99,76,0,21)
LAB
lab(31,49,-80)
LCH
lch(31,94,301)
sRGB
(0.008,0.192,0.792)
HEX8
#0231caff
CSS Name
Decimal
002049202

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
98%
Hue
226°
Chroma
94
Temperature
WarmCool
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