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Recognised as Colour

#3960C8

  • #3960C8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#3960C8 is a blue with RGB values 57, 96, 200 and HSL 224°, 57%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#3960C8#3960C8
HEX#3960C8
RGBrgb(57, 96, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.3765, 0.7843
RGB percentages22.4%, 37.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(223.6, 56.5%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 71.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK71.5%, 52%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,760,328
CSS custom property--colour: #3960C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#C69F37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1B6DCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00798Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 9.4Slate blue · ΔE 14.3Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8A139
Analogous#39A8C8, #5A39C8
Triadic#C83960, #60C839
Split complementary#C85939, #A8C839
Tetradic#C839A7, #C8A139, #39C859

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9E0F4
Lighter +30%#B1C0E9
Lighter +20%#89A0DE
Lighter +10%#6180D3
Darker −10%#2D4DA1
Darker −20%#223A79
Darker −30%#172751
Darker −40%#0C1429
More saturated +25%#1952E8
Less saturated −25%#596EA8

Channel breakdown

R57
G96
B200
Red57 (22.4%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue223.64°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G 60 · B C8

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