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Recognised as Colour

#353C8C

  • #353C8C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#353C8C is a blue with RGB values 53, 60, 140 and HSL 235°, 45%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#353C8C#353C8C
HEX#353C8C
RGBrgb(53, 60, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.2353, 0.549
RGB percentages20.8%, 23.5%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(235.2, 45.1%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(235.2, 62.1%, 54.9%)
CMYK62.1%, 57.1%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,488,908
CSS custom property--colour: #353C8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.65:1
Contrast with white9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#CAC373

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00488Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00418Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#004F5Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 4.9Midnight blue · ΔE 16.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.3Slate blue · ΔE 24.1Royal blue · ΔE 27.4Medium purple · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 4.94, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C8535
Analogous#35678C, #5A358C
Triadic#8C353C, #3C8C35
Split complementary#8C5A35, #678C35
Tetradic#8C3567, #8C8535, #358C5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADB1E0
Lighter +30%#888ED2
Lighter +20%#636BC4
Lighter +10%#434CB1
Darker −10%#272C67
Darker −20%#191C42
Darker −30%#0B0C1D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1D28A4
Less saturated −25%#4D5074

Channel breakdown

R53
G60
B140
Red53 (20.8%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue235.17°
Saturation (HSL)45.08%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 35 · G 3C · B 8C

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