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Recognised as Colour

#3B74CA

  • #3B74CA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3B74CA is a blue with RGB values 59, 116, 202 and HSL 216°, 57%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#3B74CA#3B74CA
HEX#3B74CA
RGBrgb(59, 116, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.4549, 0.7922
RGB percentages23.1%, 45.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(216.1, 57.4%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.1, 70.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK70.8%, 42.6%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,896,522
CSS custom property--colour: #3B74CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.63:1
Contrast with white4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#C48B35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B7CCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#326FC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#008895no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.8Royal blue · ΔE 22.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5Slate blue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA913B
Analogous#3BBCCA, #493BCA
Triadic#CA3B74, #74CA3B
Split complementary#CA493B, #BCCA3B
Tetradic#CA3BBC, #CA913B, #3BCA49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCE6F5
Lighter +30%#B3C9EB
Lighter +20%#8BADE0
Lighter +10%#6390D5
Darker −10%#2D5DA5
Darker −20%#22467D
Darker −30%#173055
Darker −40%#0C192D
More saturated +25%#1C6EE9
Less saturated −25%#5A7AAB

Channel breakdown

R59
G116
B202
Red59 (23.1%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue216.08°
Saturation (HSL)57.43%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G 74 · B CA

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