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Recognised as Colour

#300BE6

  • #300BE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#300BE6 is a blue with RGB values 48, 11, 230 and HSL 250°, 91%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#300BE6#300BE6
HEX#300BE6
RGBrgb(48, 11, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.0431, 0.902
RGB percentages18.8%, 4.3%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(250.1, 90.9%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.1, 95.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK79.1%, 95.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,148,774
CSS custom property--colour: #300BE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.07:1
Contrast with white9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#CFF419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#003EE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#006087no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 105.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.9Blue · ΔE 13.8Blue violet · ΔE 24.3Dark violet · ΔE 27.5Dark blue · ΔE 38.4Dark orchid · ΔE 38.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1E60B
Analogous#0B53E6, #9E0BE6
Triadic#E6300B, #0BE630
Split complementary#E69D0B, #54E60B
Tetradic#E60B53, #C1E60B, #0BE69E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBC1FC
Lighter +30%#A290FA
Lighter +20%#7960F7
Lighter +10%#502FF5
Darker −10%#2609B5
Darker −20%#1C0685
Darker −30%#120454
Darker −40%#070223
More saturated +25%#2900F1
Less saturated −25%#4429C8

Channel breakdown

R48
G11
B230
Red48 (18.8%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue250.14°
Saturation (HSL)90.87%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 30 · G 0B · B E6

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