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Recognised as Colour

#3915BE

  • #3915BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3915BE is a blue with RGB values 57, 21, 190 and HSL 253°, 80%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3915BE#3915BE
HEX#3915BE
RGBrgb(57, 21, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.0824, 0.7451
RGB percentages22.4%, 8.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(252.8, 80.1%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.8, 88.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK70%, 88.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,741,118
CSS custom property--colour: #3915BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05124WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#C6EA41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0046C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#0039BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#005070no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 14.6Dark blue · ΔE 18.6Blue violet · ΔE 18.7Dark violet · ΔE 22.5Navy · ΔE 23.6Dark orchid · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 14.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9ABE15
Analogous#1546BE, #8D15BE
Triadic#BE3915, #15BE39
Split complementary#BE8D15, #46BE15
Tetradic#BE1546, #9ABE15, #15BE8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAA9F6
Lighter +30%#947CF0
Lighter +20%#6F4EEB
Lighter +10%#4A20E6
Darker −10%#2B1090
Darker −20%#1D0B62
Darker −30%#100634
Darker −40%#020106
More saturated +25%#2D00D3
Less saturated −25%#482FA4

Channel breakdown

R57
G21
B190
Red57 (22.4%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue252.78°
Saturation (HSL)80.09%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G 15 · B BE

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