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Recognised as Colour

#3474BE

  • #3474BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3474BE is a blue with RGB values 52, 116, 190 and HSL 212°, 57%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#3474BE#3474BE
HEX#3474BE
RGBrgb(52, 116, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.4549, 0.7451
RGB percentages20.4%, 45.5%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(212.2, 57%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.2, 72.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK72.6%, 38.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,437,758
CSS custom property--colour: #3474BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#CB8B41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5279C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C6DBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#008590no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.2Steel blue · ΔE 16Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.6Royal blue · ΔE 29.7Medium purple · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE7E34
Analogous#34B9BE, #3934BE
Triadic#BE3474, #74BE34
Split complementary#BE3934, #B9BE34
Tetradic#BE34B9, #BE7E34, #34BE39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDDEF1
Lighter +30%#A5C3E6
Lighter +20%#7DA9DB
Lighter +10%#558ED0
Darker −10%#295C96
Darker −20%#1E436E
Darker −30%#132B46
Darker −40%#08121E
More saturated +25%#1672DC
Less saturated −25%#5276A0

Channel breakdown

R52
G116
B190
Red52 (20.4%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue212.17°
Saturation (HSL)57.02%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 34 · G 74 · B BE

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