Recognised as Colour

#3009AE

#3009AE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#3009AE is a blue with RGB values 48, 9, 174 and HSL 254°, 90%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3009AE#3009AE

HEX#3009AE

RGBrgb(48, 9, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.0353, 0.6824

RGB percentages18.8%, 3.5%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(254.2, 90.2%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.2, 94.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK72.4%, 94.8%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,148,206

CSS custom property--colour: #3009AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0388WCAG 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 11.82:1

Contrast with white11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#CFF651

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003EB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0031ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Tritanopia#004765no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13.6 Medium blue · ΔE 18 Navy · ΔE 18.6 Blue violet · ΔE 22.2 Indigo · ΔE 23.7 Dark violet · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87AE09

Analogous#0934AE, #8309AE

Triadic#AE3009, #09AE30

Split complementary#AE8309, #34AE09

Tetradic#AE0934, #87AE09, #09AE83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A48AF9

Lighter +30%#7F5AF6

Lighter +20%#5929F4

Lighter +10%#3D0CDE

Darker −10%#23067E

Darker −20%#15044D

Darker −30%#08011D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2B00B7

Less saturated −25%#3C2097

Channel breakdown

R48

B174

Red48 (18.8%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue254.18°

Saturation (HSL)90.16%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 30 · G 09 · B AE

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