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Recognised as Colour

#308BEC

  • #308BEC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dodgerblue

#308BEC is a blue with RGB values 48, 139, 236 and HSL 211°, 83%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dodgerblue.

Colour values

#308BEC#308BEC
HEX#308BEC
RGBrgb(48, 139, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.5451, 0.9255
RGB percentages18.8%, 54.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(211, 83.2%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211, 79.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK79.7%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,181,548
CSS custom property--colour: #308BEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.03:1
Contrast with white3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#CF7413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B93F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A82EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00A2B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dodgerblue · ΔE 7.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.7Royal blue · ΔE 23Steel blue · ΔE 27.1Medium purple · ΔE 30.3Slate blue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDodgerblue (#1E90FF)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9130
Analogous#30E9EC, #3330EC
Triadic#EC308B, #8BEC30
Split complementary#EC3330, #E9EC30
Tetradic#EC30E9, #EC9130, #30EC33

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF4FD
Lighter +30%#BCDAF9
Lighter +20%#8DBFF5
Lighter +10%#5FA5F0
Darker −10%#1471D5
Darker −20%#0F59A7
Darker −30%#0B4078
Darker −40%#072749
More saturated +25%#1D8AFF
Less saturated −25%#4C8CD0

Channel breakdown

R48
G139
B236
Red48 (18.8%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue210.96°
Saturation (HSL)83.19%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 30 · G 8B · B EC

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