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Recognised as Colour

#3079CB

  • #3079CB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3079CB is a blue with RGB values 48, 121, 203 and HSL 212°, 62%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#3079CB#3079CB
HEX#3079CB
RGBrgb(48, 121, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.4745, 0.7961
RGB percentages18.8%, 47.5%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(211.7, 61.8%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.7, 76.4%, 79.6%)
CMYK76.4%, 40.4%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,176,907
CSS custom property--colour: #3079CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.72:1
Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#CF8634

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#527FCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3871C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#008C98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Royal blue · ΔE 26.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.7Medium purple · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB8230
Analogous#30C6CB, #3530CB
Triadic#CB3079, #79CB30
Split complementary#CB3530, #C6CB30
Tetradic#CB30C6, #CB8230, #30CB35

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3E3F4
Lighter +30%#A9C8EB
Lighter +20%#80AEE1
Lighter +10%#5793D7
Darker −10%#2660A2
Darker −20%#1C4879
Darker −30%#132F4F
Darker −40%#091726
More saturated +25%#1177EA
Less saturated −25%#4F7BAC

Channel breakdown

R48
G121
B203
Red48 (18.8%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue211.74°
Saturation (HSL)61.75%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 30 · G 79 · B CB

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