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Recognised as Colour

#385BD3

  • #385BD3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#385BD3 is a blue with RGB values 56, 91, 211 and HSL 226°, 64%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#385BD3#385BD3
HEX#385BD3
RGBrgb(56, 91, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.3569, 0.8275
RGB percentages22%, 35.7%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(226.5, 63.8%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.5, 73.5%, 82.7%)
CMYK73.5%, 56.9%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,693,523
CSS custom property--colour: #385BD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#C7A42C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#005ED1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00798Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 5.7Slate blue · ΔE 10.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.3Medium purple · ΔE 21.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3B038
Analogous#38A8D3, #6338D3
Triadic#D3385B, #5BD338
Split complementary#D36238, #A9D338
Tetradic#D338A8, #D3B038, #38D362

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFE5F8
Lighter +30%#B5C2EF
Lighter +20%#8CA0E5
Lighter +10%#627DDC
Darker −10%#2746B1
Darker −20%#1E3687
Darker −30%#15255D
Darker −40%#0B1434
More saturated +25%#1A4AF1
Less saturated −25%#566CB5

Channel breakdown

R56
G91
B211
Red56 (22%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue226.45°
Saturation (HSL)63.79%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 5B · B D3

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