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Recognised as Colour

#3163AE

  • #3163AE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3163AE is a blue with RGB values 49, 99, 174 and HSL 216°, 56%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#3163AE#3163AE
HEX#3163AE
RGBrgb(49, 99, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.1922, 0.3882, 0.6824
RGB percentages19.2%, 38.8%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(216, 56.1%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 71.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK71.8%, 43.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,236,782
CSS custom property--colour: #3163AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#CE9C51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F6AB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#295EACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007480no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.2Royal blue · ΔE 27.1Slate blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 20.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE7C31
Analogous#31A2AE, #3D31AE
Triadic#AE3163, #63AE31
Split complementary#AE3D31, #A2AE31
Tetradic#AE31A2, #AE7C31, #31AE3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BED1ED
Lighter +30%#96B4E2
Lighter +20%#6F98D6
Lighter +10%#477CCB
Darker −10%#264C86
Darker −20%#1B365E
Darker −30%#0F1F37
Darker −40%#04080F
More saturated +25%#155DCA
Less saturated −25%#4D6992

Channel breakdown

R49
G99
B174
Red49 (19.2%)
Green99 (38.8%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)56.05%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 31 · G 63 · B AE

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