Colour

#3000AF

#3000AF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#3000AF is a violet with RGB values 48, 0, 175 and HSL 256°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3000AF#3000AF

HEX#3000AF

RGBrgb(48, 0, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0, 0.6863

RGB percentages18.8%, 0%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(256.5, 100%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256.5, 100%, 68.6%)

CMYK72.6%, 100%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,145,903

CSS custom property--colour: #3000AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03724WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.04:1

Contrast with white12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#CFFF50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003CB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#002FACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#004665no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.6 Medium blue · ΔE 15.7 Navy · ΔE 20.7 Blue violet · ΔE 21.7 Dark violet · ΔE 24.1 Indigo · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7FAF00

Analogous#0028AF, #8700AF

Triadic#AF3000, #00AF30

Split complementary#AF8800, #28AF00

Tetradic#AF0028, #7FAF00, #00AF87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A07CFF

Lighter +30%#7B49FF

Lighter +20%#5616FF

Lighter +10%#3E00E2

Darker −10%#22007C

Darker −20%#140049

Darker −30%#060016

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3000AF

Less saturated −25%#3A1699

Channel breakdown

R48

B175

Red48 (18.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue256.46°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 30 · G 00 · B AF

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