Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#324BBD

  • #324BBD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#324BBD is a blue with RGB values 50, 75, 189 and HSL 229°, 58%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#324BBD#324BBD
HEX#324BBD
RGBrgb(50, 75, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.2941, 0.7412
RGB percentages19.6%, 29.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(229.2, 58.2%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.2, 73.5%, 74.1%)
CMYK73.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,296,189
CSS custom property--colour: #324BBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.3:1
Contrast with white7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#CDB442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00687Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 11.4Royal blue · ΔE 12.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.9Medium purple · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDA432
Analogous#3291BD, #5E32BD
Triadic#BD324B, #4BBD32
Split complementary#BD5E32, #91BD32
Tetradic#BD3291, #BDA432, #32BD5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAD1F1
Lighter +30%#A2AEE6
Lighter +20%#798BDC
Lighter +10%#5168D1
Darker −10%#273B95
Darker −20%#1D2B6C
Darker −30%#121B44
Darker −40%#070B1C
More saturated +25%#1438DB
Less saturated −25%#505E9F

Channel breakdown

R50
G75
B189
Red50 (19.6%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue229.21°
Saturation (HSL)58.16%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 4B · B BD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “324bbd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.