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Recognised as Colour

#385DCE

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

#385DCE is a blue with RGB values 56, 93, 206 and HSL 225°, 60%, 51%. 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

#385DCE#385DCE
HEX#385DCE
RGBrgb(56, 93, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.3647, 0.8078
RGB percentages22%, 36.5%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(225.2, 60.5%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.2, 72.8%, 80.8%)
CMYK72.8%, 54.9%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,694,030
CSS custom property--colour: #385DCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#C7A231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00798Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 5.7Slate blue · ΔE 11.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 18Medium purple · ΔE 20.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 5.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEA938
Analogous#38A8CE, #5E38CE
Triadic#CE385D, #5DCE38
Split complementary#CE5E38, #A8CE38
Tetradic#CE38A8, #CEA938, #38CE5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCE2F6
Lighter +30%#B3C1EC
Lighter +20%#8AA0E2
Lighter +10%#617ED8
Darker −10%#2A49A9
Darker −20%#203780
Darker −30%#162657
Darker −40%#0B142F
More saturated +25%#194DED
Less saturated −25%#576DAF

Channel breakdown

R56
G93
B206
Red56 (22%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue225.2°
Saturation (HSL)60.48%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 5D · B CE

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