Recognised as Colour

#3000FD

#3000FD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#3000FD is a blue with RGB values 48, 0, 253 and HSL 251°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#3000FD#3000FD

HEX#3000FD

RGBrgb(48, 0, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0, 0.9922

RGB percentages18.8%, 0%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(251.4, 100%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.4, 100%, 99.2%)

CMYK81%, 100%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,145,981

CSS custom property--colour: #3000FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.25:1

Contrast with white8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#CFFF02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0059FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Tritanopia#006995no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 115.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 3.2 Medium blue · ΔE 19.8 Blue violet · ΔE 32.7 Dark violet · ΔE 35.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 48 Dark blue · ΔE 49.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 3.17, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CDFD00

Analogous#004FFD, #AE00FD

Triadic#FD3000, #00FD30

Split complementary#FDAE00, #4FFD00

Tetradic#FD004F, #CDFD00, #00FDAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4CAFF

Lighter +30%#AB97FF

Lighter +20%#8164FF

Lighter +10%#5831FF

Darker −10%#2600CA

Darker −20%#1D0097

Darker −30%#130064

Darker −40%#090031

More saturated +25%#3000FD

Less saturated −25%#4420DD

Channel breakdown

R48

B253

Red48 (18.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue251.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 30 · G 00 · B FD

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