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Recognised as Colour

#336DFD

  • #336DFD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#336DFD is a blue with RGB values 51, 109, 253 and HSL 223°, 98%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#336DFD#336DFD
HEX#336DFD
RGBrgb(51, 109, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.4275, 0.9922
RGB percentages20%, 42.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(222.8, 98.1%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.8, 79.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK79.8%, 56.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,370,493
CSS custom property--colour: #336DFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1
Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#CC9202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0082FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#0091AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 13.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.5Slate blue · ΔE 20.1Medium purple · ΔE 27.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 36
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 13.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDC333
Analogous#33D2FD, #5E33FD
Triadic#FD336D, #6DFD33
Split complementary#FD5E33, #D2FD33
Tetradic#FD33D2, #FDC333, #33FD5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFF
Lighter +30%#CBD9FE
Lighter +20%#98B5FE
Lighter +10%#6691FD
Darker −10%#024AFB
Darker −20%#023BC8
Darker −30%#012C96
Darker −40%#011D63
More saturated +25%#316CFF
Less saturated −25%#4D78E3

Channel breakdown

R51
G109
B253
Red51 (20%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue222.77°
Saturation (HSL)98.06%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 33 · G 6D · B FD

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