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Recognised as Colour

#3875CE

  • #3875CE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3875CE is a blue with RGB values 56, 117, 206 and HSL 216°, 60%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#3875CE#3875CE
HEX#3875CE
RGBrgb(56, 117, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.4588, 0.8078
RGB percentages22%, 45.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(215.6, 60.5%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.6, 72.8%, 80.8%)
CMYK72.8%, 43.2%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,700,174
CSS custom property--colour: #3875CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#C78A31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#497DD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E6FCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#008A97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.2Royal blue · ΔE 20.7Steel blue · ΔE 24.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1Slate blue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE9138
Analogous#38C0CE, #4638CE
Triadic#CE3875, #75CE38
Split complementary#CE4638, #C0CE38
Tetradic#CE38C0, #CE9138, #38CE46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCE7F6
Lighter +30%#B3CAEC
Lighter +20%#8AAEE2
Lighter +10%#6191D8
Darker −10%#2A5EA9
Darker −20%#204780
Darker −30%#163057
Darker −40%#0B1A2F
More saturated +25%#196FED
Less saturated −25%#577BAF

Channel breakdown

R56
G117
B206
Red56 (22%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue215.6°
Saturation (HSL)60.48%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 75 · B CE

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