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Recognised as Colour

#3575CA

  • #3575CA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3575CA is a blue with RGB values 53, 117, 202 and HSL 214°, 58%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#3575CA#3575CA
HEX#3575CA
RGBrgb(53, 117, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.4588, 0.7922
RGB percentages20.8%, 45.9%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(214.2, 58.4%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.2, 73.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK73.8%, 42.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,503,562
CSS custom property--colour: #3575CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#CA8A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C7CCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#326FC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008995no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.8Steel blue · ΔE 22.2Royal blue · ΔE 23.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.5Slate blue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA8A35
Analogous#35C0CA, #3F35CA
Triadic#CA3575, #75CA35
Split complementary#CA3F35, #C0CA35
Tetradic#CA35C0, #CA8A35, #35CA3F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7E3F4
Lighter +30%#AEC8EA
Lighter +20%#86ACDF
Lighter +10%#5D91D5
Darker −10%#2A5EA2
Darker −20%#204679
Darker −30%#152F51
Darker −40%#0B1728
More saturated +25%#1571EA
Less saturated −25%#5579AA

Channel breakdown

R53
G117
B202
Red53 (20.8%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue214.23°
Saturation (HSL)58.43%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 35 · G 75 · B CA

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