Recognised as Colour

#3C588A

#3C588A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#3C588A is a blue with RGB values 60, 88, 138 and HSL 218°, 39%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#3C588A

RGBrgb(60, 88, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.3451, 0.5412

RGB percentages23.5%, 34.5%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(218.5, 39.4%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.5, 56.5%, 54.1%)

CMYK56.5%, 36.2%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,954,826

CSS custom property--colour: #3C588A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.11:1

Contrast with white7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#C3A775

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#445C8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A5589no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#0C636Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 17.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5 Slate grey · ΔE 26.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.8 Dim grey · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 17.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8A6E3C

Analogous#3C7F8A, #473C8A

Triadic#8A3C58, #588A3C

Split complementary#8A473C, #7F8A3C

Tetradic#8A3C7F, #8A6E3C, #3C8A47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B4C3DE

Lighter +30%#90A7CF

Lighter +20%#6D8ABF

Lighter +10%#4B6FAE

Darker −10%#2D4166

Darker −20%#1D2B43

Darker −30%#0E141F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2351A3

Less saturated −25%#555F71

Channel breakdown

R60

G88

B138

Red60 (23.5%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue218.46°

Saturation (HSL)39.39%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G 58 · B 8A

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