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Recognised as Colour

#3EB4FD

  • #3EB4FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3EB4FD is a blue with RGB values 62, 180, 253 and HSL 203°, 98%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3EB4FD#3EB4FD
HEX#3EB4FD
RGBrgb(62, 180, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.7059, 0.9922
RGB percentages24.3%, 70.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(202.9, 97.9%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.9, 75.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK75.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,109,565
CSS custom property--colour: #3EB4FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#C14B02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92B5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#78A3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.3Steel blue · ΔE 22.5Sky blue · ΔE 26.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD873E
Analogous#3EFDE6, #3E55FD
Triadic#FD3EB4, #B4FD3E
Split complementary#FD3E55, #FDE63E
Tetradic#E63EFD, #FD873E, #55FD3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D5EFFF
Lighter +20%#A3DBFE
Lighter +10%#70C8FE
Darker −10%#0CA0FC
Darker −20%#0283D3
Darker −30%#0264A0
Darker −40%#01446E
More saturated +25%#3CB4FF
Less saturated −25%#56AEE5

Channel breakdown

R62
G180
B253
Red62 (24.3%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue202.93°
Saturation (HSL)97.95%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G B4 · B FD

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