Recognised as Colour

#335CF0

#335CF0
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#335CF0 is a blue with RGB values 51, 92, 240 and HSL 227°, 86%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#335CF0#335CF0

HEX#335CF0

RGBrgb(51, 92, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.3608, 0.9412

RGB percentages20%, 36.1%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(227, 86.3%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227, 78.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK78.8%, 61.7%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,366,128

CSS custom property--colour: #335CF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1

Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#CCA30F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0074F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Deuteranopia#0062EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00839Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.8 Royal blue · ΔE 17.8 Slate blue · ΔE 20.5 Medium purple · ΔE 29.7 Blue violet · ΔE 31.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 14.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F0C733

Analogous#33BAF0, #6933F0

Triadic#F0335C, #5CF033

Split complementary#F06933, #BBF033

Tetradic#F033BA, #F0C733, #33F069

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F1F4FE

Lighter +30%#C2CEFA

Lighter +20%#92A8F7

Lighter +10%#6382F3

Darker −10%#103DE0

Darker −20%#0D30B0

Darker −30%#092381

Darker −40%#061651

More saturated +25%#2454FF

Less saturated −25%#4E6BD5

Channel breakdown

R51

G92

B240

Red51 (20%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue226.98°

Saturation (HSL)86.3%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 33 · G 5C · B F0

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