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Recognised as Colour

#357BC6

  • #357BC6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#357BC6 is a blue with RGB values 53, 123, 198 and HSL 211°, 58%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#357BC6#357BC6
HEX#357BC6
RGBrgb(53, 123, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.4824, 0.7765
RGB percentages20.8%, 48.2%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(211, 57.8%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211, 73.2%, 77.6%)
CMYK73.2%, 37.9%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,505,094
CSS custom property--colour: #357BC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#CA8439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5880C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4273C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#008D97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.2Steel blue · ΔE 15.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 21Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.2Royal blue · ΔE 30.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C68035
Analogous#35C4C6, #3835C6
Triadic#C6357B, #7BC635
Split complementary#C63835, #C3C635
Tetradic#C635C3, #C68035, #35C638

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4E3F3
Lighter +30%#ABC9E9
Lighter +20%#83AFDE
Lighter +10%#5B95D3
Darker −10%#2A629E
Darker −20%#1F4976
Darker −30%#15304D
Darker −40%#0A1725
More saturated +25%#167AE5
Less saturated −25%#547CA7

Channel breakdown

R53
G123
B198
Red53 (20.8%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue211.03°
Saturation (HSL)57.77%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 35 · G 7B · B C6

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