Recognised as Colour

#300BA3

#300BA3
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#300BA3 is a blue with RGB values 48, 11, 163 and HSL 255°, 87%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#300BA3#300BA3

HEX#300BA3

RGBrgb(48, 11, 163)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.0431, 0.6392

RGB percentages18.8%, 4.3%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(254.6, 87.4%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.6, 93.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK70.6%, 93.3%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,148,707

CSS custom property--colour: #300BA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.34:1

Contrast with white12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#CFF45C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003AA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#002FA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00425Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 8.9 Navy · ΔE 13.4 Indigo · ΔE 18.4 Medium blue · ΔE 23.7 Blue violet · ΔE 25.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7EA30B

Analogous#0B32A3, #7C0BA3

Triadic#A3300B, #0BA330

Split complementary#A37C0B, #32A30B

Tetradic#A30B32, #7EA30B, #0BA37C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9F83F7

Lighter +30%#7A54F3

Lighter +20%#5624F0

Lighter +10%#3E0ED3

Darker −10%#220873

Darker −20%#140543

Darker −30%#060114

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2A00AE

Less saturated −25%#3B218D

Channel breakdown

R48

G11

B163

Red48 (18.8%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue254.61°

Saturation (HSL)87.36%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 30 · G 0B · B A3

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