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Recognised as Colour

#394DC8

  • #394DC8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#394DC8 is a blue with RGB values 57, 77, 200 and HSL 232°, 57%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#394DC8#394DC8
HEX#394DC8
RGBrgb(57, 77, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.302, 0.7843
RGB percentages22.4%, 30.2%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(231.6, 56.5%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.6, 71.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK71.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,755,464
CSS custom property--colour: #394DC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#C6B237

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#006C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 11.1Royal blue · ΔE 12.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7Medium purple · ΔE 23.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8B439
Analogous#3995C8, #6C39C8
Triadic#C8394D, #4DC839
Split complementary#C86C39, #95C839
Tetradic#C83995, #C8B439, #39C86C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9DDF4
Lighter +30%#B1B9E9
Lighter +20%#8995DE
Lighter +10%#6171D3
Darker −10%#2D3DA1
Darker −20%#222E79
Darker −30%#171F51
Darker −40%#0C1029
More saturated +25%#1936E8
Less saturated −25%#5964A8

Channel breakdown

R57
G77
B200
Red57 (22.4%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue231.61°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G 4D · B C8

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