Colour

#3E4769

#3E4769
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3E4769 is a blue with RGB values 62, 71, 105 and HSL 227°, 26%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#3E4769

RGBrgb(62, 71, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.2784, 0.4118

RGB percentages24.3%, 27.8%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(227.4, 25.7%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227.4, 41%, 41.2%)

CMYK41%, 32.4%, 0%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,081,513

CSS custom property--colour: #3E4769;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.09:1

Contrast with white9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#C1B896

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C4A6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#384768no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#314E53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.7 Slate grey · ΔE 25.7 Dim grey · ΔE 25.7 Steel blue · ΔE 26.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 24.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#69603E

Analogous#3E5C69, #4B3E69

Triadic#693E47, #47693E

Split complementary#694B3E, #5C693E

Tetradic#693E5C, #69603E, #3E694A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A8AFCB

Lighter +30%#8892B8

Lighter +20%#6774A6

Lighter +10%#515D89

Darker −10%#2B3149

Darker −20%#181C29

Darker −30%#050609

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#293B7E

Less saturated −25%#535354

Channel breakdown

R62

G71

B105

Red62 (24.3%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue227.44°

Saturation (HSL)25.75%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3E · G 47 · B 69

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