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Recognised as Colour

#3269BC

  • #3269BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3269BC is a blue with RGB values 50, 105, 188 and HSL 216°, 58%, 47%. 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

#3269BC#3269BC
HEX#3269BC
RGBrgb(50, 105, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.4118, 0.7373
RGB percentages19.6%, 41.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(216.1, 58%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.1, 73.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK73.4%, 44.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,303,868
CSS custom property--colour: #3269BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#CD9643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4071BFno 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 3 from the original
Tritanopia#007C89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.41:1WCAG 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 21.9Royal blue · ΔE 22.7Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Slate blue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC8532
Analogous#32AEBC, #4032BC
Triadic#BC3269, #69BC32
Split complementary#BC4032, #AEBC32
Tetradic#BC32AE, #BC8532, #32BC40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9D9F1
Lighter +30%#A1BCE6
Lighter +20%#79A0DB
Lighter +10%#5084D1
Darker −10%#275294
Darker −20%#1D3C6B
Darker −30%#122543
Darker −40%#070F1B
More saturated +25%#1463DA
Less saturated −25%#506F9E

Channel breakdown

R50
G105
B188
Red50 (19.6%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue216.09°
Saturation (HSL)57.98%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 69 · B BC

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