Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#343B79

  • #343B79
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#343B79 is a blue with RGB values 52, 59, 121 and HSL 234°, 40%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#343B79#343B79
HEX#343B79
RGBrgb(52, 59, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.2314, 0.4745
RGB percentages20.4%, 23.1%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(233.9, 39.9%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.9, 57%, 47.5%)
CMYK57%, 51.2%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,423,097
CSS custom property--colour: #343B79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.26:1
Contrast with white10.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#CBC486

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1D447Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#133E78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#114954no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.5Midnight blue · ΔE 23.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.9Steel blue · ΔE 32.8Slate blue · ΔE 33.9Royal blue · ΔE 36.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#797234
Analogous#345E79, #503479
Triadic#79343B, #3B7934
Split complementary#795034, #5E7934
Tetradic#79345D, #797234, #347950

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2A7D7
Lighter +30%#7E86C8
Lighter +20%#5B64B8
Lighter +10%#434C9D
Darker −10%#252A55
Darker −20%#151832
Darker −30%#06070E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1E2A8F
Less saturated −25%#4A4C63

Channel breakdown

R52
G59
B121
Red52 (20.4%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue233.91°
Saturation (HSL)39.88%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 34 · G 3B · B 79

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 “343b79” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.