Colour

#300CDA

#300CDA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#300CDA is a blue with RGB values 48, 12, 218 and HSL 250°, 90%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#300CDA#300CDA

HEX#300CDA

RGBrgb(48, 12, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.0471, 0.8549

RGB percentages18.8%, 4.7%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(250.5, 89.6%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(250.5, 94.5%, 85.5%)

CMYK78%, 94.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,149,018

CSS custom property--colour: #300CDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.59:1

Contrast with white9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#CFF325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004EDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Tritanopia#005B80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 4.6 Blue · ΔE 19.3 Blue violet · ΔE 21.4 Dark violet · ΔE 24.9 Dark blue · ΔE 32.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 4.64, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B6DA0C

Analogous#0C4FDA, #970CDA

Triadic#DA300C, #0CDA30

Split complementary#DA970C, #4FDA0C

Tetradic#DA0C4F, #B6DA0C, #0CDA97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3B7FB

Lighter +30%#9B87F8

Lighter +20%#7256F6

Lighter +10%#4A26F3

Darker −10%#2509AA

Darker −20%#1B0779

Darker −30%#100449

Darker −40%#050119

More saturated +25%#2800E6

Less saturated −25%#4329BD

Channel breakdown

R48

G12

B218

Red48 (18.8%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue250.49°

Saturation (HSL)89.57%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 30 · G 0C · B DA

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Colour values

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