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Recognised as Colour

#3E4ABC

  • #3E4ABC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#3E4ABC is a blue with RGB values 62, 74, 188 and HSL 234°, 50%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#3E4ABC#3E4ABC
HEX#3E4ABC
RGBrgb(62, 74, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.2902, 0.7373
RGB percentages24.3%, 29%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(234.3, 50.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.3, 67%, 73.7%)
CMYK67%, 60.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,082,364
CSS custom property--colour: #3E4ABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.22:1
Contrast with white7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#C1B543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00667Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9.8Royal blue · ΔE 13Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.4Medium purple · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB03E
Analogous#3E89BC, #713EBC
Triadic#BC3E4A, #4ABC3E
Split complementary#BC713E, #89BC3E
Tetradic#BC3E89, #BCB03E, #3EBC71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5D8F1
Lighter +30%#AFB4E4
Lighter +20%#8890D8
Lighter +10%#626CCB
Darker −10%#313B96
Darker −20%#252C6F
Darker −30%#181D49
Darker −40%#0B0E23
More saturated +25%#1F31DB
Less saturated −25%#5D639D

Channel breakdown

R62
G74
B188
Red62 (24.3%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue234.29°
Saturation (HSL)50.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 4A · B BC

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