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Recognised as Colour

#3796EF

  • #3796EF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3796EF is a blue with RGB values 55, 150, 239 and HSL 209°, 85%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#3796EF#3796EF
HEX#3796EF
RGBrgb(55, 150, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.5882, 0.9373
RGB percentages21.6%, 58.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(209, 85.2%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209, 77%, 93.7%)
CMYK77%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,643,119
CSS custom property--colour: #3796EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#C86910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C9BF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#508BEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00ABB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.2Steel blue · ΔE 22.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.5Royal blue · ΔE 29.8Light skyblue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9037
Analogous#37EFEC, #373AEF
Triadic#EF3796, #96EF37
Split complementary#EF373A, #EFEC37
Tetradic#EC37EF, #EF9037, #3AEF37

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F9FE
Lighter +30%#C5E0FA
Lighter +20%#95C8F7
Lighter +10%#66AFF3
Darker −10%#127DE1
Darker −20%#0E63B2
Darker −30%#0A4883
Darker −40%#072E53
More saturated +25%#2797FF
Less saturated −25%#5295D4

Channel breakdown

R55
G150
B239
Red55 (21.6%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue209.02°
Saturation (HSL)85.19%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G 96 · B EF

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