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Recognised as Colour

#300BBD

  • #300BBD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#300BBD is a blue with RGB values 48, 11, 189 and HSL 252°, 89%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#300BBD#300BBD
HEX#300BBD
RGBrgb(48, 11, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.0431, 0.7412
RGB percentages18.8%, 4.3%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(252.5, 89%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.5, 94.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK74.6%, 94.2%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,148,733
CSS custom property--colour: #300BBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11:1
Contrast with white11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#CFF442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0043C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Deuteranopia#0034BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#004E6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.6Blue violet · ΔE 19.8Dark blue · ΔE 20Dark violet · ΔE 23.2Navy · ΔE 25.1Dark orchid · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98BD0B
Analogous#0B3FBD, #890BBD
Triadic#BD300B, #0BBD30
Split complementary#BD890B, #3FBD0B
Tetradic#BD0B3F, #98BD0B, #0BBD89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AE9BF9
Lighter +30%#886BF6
Lighter +20%#613AF4
Lighter +10%#3C0EED
Darker −10%#24088D
Darker −20%#18055D
Darker −30%#0B032C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2A00C8
Less saturated −25%#3F24A4

Channel breakdown

R48
G11
B189
Red48 (18.8%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue252.47°
Saturation (HSL)89%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 30 · G 0B · B BD

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