Recognised as Colour

#300BD2

#300BD2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#300BD2 is a blue with RGB values 48, 11, 210 and HSL 251°, 90%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#300BD2#300BD2

HEX#300BD2

RGBrgb(48, 11, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.0431, 0.8235

RGB percentages18.8%, 4.3%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(251.2, 90%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.2, 94.8%, 82.4%)

CMYK77.1%, 94.8%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,148,754

CSS custom property--colour: #300BD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.98:1

Contrast with white9.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#CFF42D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004BD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00577Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 4 Blue violet · ΔE 20.2 Blue · ΔE 22.8 Dark violet · ΔE 23.8 Dark blue · ΔE 29.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 4.04, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADD20B

Analogous#0B49D2, #940BD2

Triadic#D2300B, #0BD230

Split complementary#D2940B, #49D20B

Tetradic#D20B49, #ADD20B, #0BD294

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BCAEFB

Lighter +30%#957EF8

Lighter +20%#6D4DF6

Lighter +10%#451DF3

Darker −10%#2508A2

Darker −20%#1A0671

Darker −30%#0F0341

Darker −40%#040110

More saturated +25%#2900DD

Less saturated −25%#4127B6

Channel breakdown

R48

G11

B210

Red48 (18.8%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue251.16°

Saturation (HSL)90.05%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 30 · G 0B · B D2

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