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Recognised as Colour

#3CAFFE

  • #3CAFFE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3CAFFE is a blue with RGB values 60, 175, 254 and HSL 204°, 99%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3CAFFE#3CAFFE
HEX#3CAFFE
RGBrgb(60, 175, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.6863, 0.9961
RGB percentages23.5%, 68.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(204.4, 99%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.4, 76.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK76.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,977,214
CSS custom property--colour: #3CAFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#C35001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AB1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F9FFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 22.8Light skyblue · ΔE 23.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.9Sky blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE8B3C
Analogous#3CFEEC, #3C4EFE
Triadic#FE3CAF, #AFFE3C
Split complementary#FE3C4E, #FEEC3C
Tetradic#EC3CFE, #FE8B3C, #4EFE3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D4EDFF
Lighter +20%#A1D9FF
Lighter +10%#6FC4FE
Darker −10%#099AFE
Darker −20%#017DD3
Darker −30%#015FA0
Darker −40%#01416D
More saturated +25%#3BAFFF
Less saturated −25%#55AAE6

Channel breakdown

R60
G175
B254
Red60 (23.5%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue204.43°
Saturation (HSL)98.98%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G AF · B FE

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