Recognised as Colour

#354BCD

#354BCD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#354BCD is a blue with RGB values 53, 75, 205 and HSL 231°, 60%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#354BCD#354BCD

HEX#354BCD

RGBrgb(53, 75, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.2941, 0.8039

RGB percentages20.8%, 29.4%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(231.3, 60.3%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(231.3, 74.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK74.1%, 63.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,492,813

CSS custom property--colour: #354BCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.91:1

Contrast with white6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#CAB432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0053CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#006D85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 13.8 Royal blue · ΔE 14.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.9 Medium purple · ΔE 25.7 Dark blue · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 13.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CDB735

Analogous#3597CD, #6B35CD

Triadic#CD354B, #4BCD35

Split complementary#CD6B35, #97CD35

Tetradic#CD3597, #CDB735, #35CD6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D9DDF5

Lighter +30%#B0B8EB

Lighter +20%#8794E1

Lighter +10%#5E6FD7

Darker −10%#293BA6

Darker −20%#1F2D7D

Darker −30%#151E54

Darker −40%#0B0F2B

More saturated +25%#1535ED

Less saturated −25%#5561AE

Channel breakdown

R53

G75

B205

Red53 (20.8%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue231.32°

Saturation (HSL)60.32%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 35 · G 4B · B CD

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Colour values

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