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Recognised as Colour

#034698

  • #034698
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#034698 is a blue with RGB values 3, 70, 152 and HSL 213°, 96%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#034698#034698
HEX#034698
RGBrgb(3, 70, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.2745, 0.5961
RGB percentages1.2%, 27.5%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(213, 96.1%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213, 98%, 59.6%)
CMYK98%, 53.9%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer214,680
CSS custom property--colour: #034698;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9:1
Contrast with white9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#FCB967

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#01509Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#004396no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#005A68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.2Midnight blue · ΔE 22.3Royal blue · ΔE 25.2Slate blue · ΔE 26.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 13.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#985503
Analogous#039198, #0A0398
Triadic#980346, #469803
Split complementary#980A03, #919803
Tetradic#980391, #985503, #03980A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6BACFC
Lighter +30%#3990FB
Lighter +20%#0774FA
Lighter +10%#045DCA
Darker −10%#022F66
Darker −20%#011834
Darker −30%#000102
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00469B
Less saturated −25%#164885

Channel breakdown

R3
G70
B152
Red3 (1.2%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue213.02°
Saturation (HSL)96.13%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 46 · B 98

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