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Recognised as Colour

#3E78CE

  • #3E78CE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#3E78CE is a blue with RGB values 62, 120, 206 and HSL 216°, 60%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#3E78CE#3E78CE
HEX#3E78CE
RGBrgb(62, 120, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.4706, 0.8078
RGB percentages24.3%, 47.1%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(215.8, 59.5%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.8, 69.9%, 80.8%)
CMYK69.9%, 41.7%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,094,158
CSS custom property--colour: #3E78CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#C18731

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F80D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3772CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#008C99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 16Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Royal blue · ΔE 22.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.9Medium purple · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE943E
Analogous#3EC0CE, #4C3ECE
Triadic#CE3E78, #78CE3E
Split complementary#CE4C3E, #C0CE3E
Tetradic#CE3EC0, #CE943E, #3ECE4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1EAF7
Lighter +30%#B8CDED
Lighter +20%#8FB1E3
Lighter +10%#6794D8
Darker −10%#2C60AD
Darker −20%#224984
Darker −30%#17335C
Darker −40%#0D1C33
More saturated +25%#2072EC
Less saturated −25%#5C7EB0

Channel breakdown

R62
G120
B206
Red62 (24.3%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue215.83°
Saturation (HSL)59.5%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 78 · B CE

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