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Colour

#3B97FB

  • #3B97FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dodgerblue

#3B97FB is a blue with RGB values 59, 151, 251 and HSL 211°, 96%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dodgerblue.

Colour values

#3B97FB#3B97FB
HEX#3B97FB
RGBrgb(59, 151, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.5922, 0.9843
RGB percentages23.1%, 59.2%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(211.3, 96%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.3, 76.5%, 98.4%)
CMYK76.5%, 39.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,905,531
CSS custom property--colour: #3B97FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#C46804

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#679EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#478DF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dodgerblue · ΔE 7.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.6Royal blue · ΔE 25.2Steel blue · ΔE 29Deep skyblue · ΔE 30.5Medium purple · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourDodgerblue (#1E90FF)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB9F3B
Analogous#3BF7FB, #3F3BFB
Triadic#FB3B97, #97FB3B
Split complementary#FB3F3B, #F7FB3B
Tetradic#FB3BF7, #FB9F3B, #3BFB3F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D1E7FE
Lighter +20%#9FCCFD
Lighter +10%#6DB2FC
Darker −10%#097CFA
Darker −20%#0464CC
Darker −30%#034B9A
Darker −40%#023368
More saturated +25%#3797FF
Less saturated −25%#5498E2

Channel breakdown

R59
G151
B251
Red59 (23.1%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue211.25°
Saturation (HSL)96%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G 97 · B FB

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