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Recognised as Colour

#3EB8FD

  • #3EB8FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#3EB8FD is a blue with RGB values 62, 184, 253 and HSL 202°, 98%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#3EB8FD#3EB8FD
HEX#3EB8FD
RGBrgb(62, 184, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.7216, 0.9922
RGB percentages24.3%, 72.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(201.7, 97.9%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.7, 75.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK75.5%, 27.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,110,589
CSS custom property--colour: #3EB8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.48:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#C14702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7DA6FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4Steel blue · ΔE 23Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.1Sky blue · ΔE 24.1Light steelblue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD833E
Analogous#3EFDE3, #3E59FD
Triadic#FD3EB8, #B8FD3E
Split complementary#FD3E58, #FDE33E
Tetradic#E33EFD, #FD833E, #59FD3E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D5F0FF
Lighter +20%#A3DDFE
Lighter +10%#70CBFE
Darker −10%#0CA5FC
Darker −20%#0287D3
Darker −30%#0267A0
Darker −40%#01476E
More saturated +25%#3CB9FF
Less saturated −25%#56B1E5

Channel breakdown

R62
G184
B253
Red62 (24.3%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue201.68°
Saturation (HSL)97.95%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G B8 · B FD

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