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Recognised as Colour

#335E8A

  • #335E8A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#335E8A is a blue with RGB values 51, 94, 138 and HSL 210°, 46%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#335E8A#335E8A
HEX#335E8A
RGBrgb(51, 94, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.3686, 0.5412
RGB percentages20%, 36.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(210.3, 46%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.3, 63%, 54.1%)
CMYK63%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,366,538
CSS custom property--colour: #335E8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.75:1
Contrast with white6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#CCA175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B608Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#405889no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00686Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.5Slate grey · ΔE 23.1Light slate grey · ΔE 24.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.5Dim grey · ΔE 29.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A5F33
Analogous#338A8A, #33338A
Triadic#8A335E, #5E8A33
Split complementary#8A3333, #8A8A33
Tetradic#8A338A, #8A5F33, #338A33

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AAC4DF
Lighter +30%#84ABD2
Lighter +20%#5F91C4
Lighter +10%#4177AF
Darker −10%#254565
Darker −20%#172B40
Darker −30%#0A121A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1B5EA2
Less saturated −25%#4B5E72

Channel breakdown

R51
G94
B138
Red51 (20%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue210.34°
Saturation (HSL)46.03%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 33 · G 5E · B 8A

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