Colour

#306CC0

#306CC0
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#306CC0 is a blue with RGB values 48, 108, 192 and HSL 215°, 60%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#306CC0#306CC0

HEX#306CC0

RGBrgb(48, 108, 192)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.4235, 0.7529

RGB percentages18.8%, 42.4%, 75.3%

HSLhsl(215, 60%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215, 75%, 75.3%)

CMYK75%, 43.7%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,173,568

CSS custom property--colour: #306CC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1

Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#CF933F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4274C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#2666BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00808Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.3 Royal blue · ΔE 22.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.2 Steel blue · ΔE 23.4 Slate blue · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C08430

Analogous#30B4C0, #3C30C0

Triadic#C0306C, #6CC030

Split complementary#C03C30, #B4C030

Tetradic#C030B4, #C08430, #30C03C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CADBF2

Lighter +30%#A1BFE8

Lighter +20%#79A3DD

Lighter +10%#5087D3

Darker −10%#265597

Darker −20%#1C3E6E

Darker −30%#112746

Darker −40%#07101D

More saturated +25%#1267DE

Less saturated −25%#4E71A2

Channel breakdown

R48

G108

B192

Red48 (18.8%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue192 (75.3%)

Hue215°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 30 · G 6C · B C0

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