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Recognised as Colour

#3169BC

  • #3169BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3169BC is a blue with RGB values 49, 105, 188 and HSL 216°, 59%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#3169BC#3169BC
HEX#3169BC
RGBrgb(49, 105, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.1922, 0.4118, 0.7373
RGB percentages19.2%, 41.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(215.8, 58.6%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.8, 73.9%, 73.7%)
CMYK73.9%, 44.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,238,332
CSS custom property--colour: #3169BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#CE9643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F71BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2564BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007C89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 22Royal blue · ΔE 22.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Slate blue · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC8431
Analogous#31AEBC, #3E31BC
Triadic#BC3169, #69BC31
Split complementary#BC3F31, #AEBC31
Tetradic#BC31AF, #BC8431, #31BC3F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8D9F1
Lighter +30%#A0BCE6
Lighter +20%#77A0DC
Lighter +10%#4F83D1
Darker −10%#265294
Darker −20%#1C3C6B
Darker −30%#112543
Darker −40%#070F1A
More saturated +25%#1363DA
Less saturated −25%#4F6F9E

Channel breakdown

R49
G105
B188
Red49 (19.2%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue215.83°
Saturation (HSL)58.65%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 31 · G 69 · B BC

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