Recognised as Colour

#3201BE

#3201BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#3201BE is a violet with RGB values 50, 1, 190 and HSL 256°, 99%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3201BE#3201BE

HEX#3201BE

RGBrgb(50, 1, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.0039, 0.7451

RGB percentages19.6%, 0.4%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(255.6, 99%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.6, 99.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK73.7%, 99.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,277,246

CSS custom property--colour: #3201BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.15:1

Contrast with white11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#CDFE41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0042C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0033BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Tritanopia#004D6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.5 Blue violet · ΔE 19.7 Dark blue · ΔE 22 Dark violet · ΔE 22.6 Navy · ΔE 27.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DBE01

Analogous#012FBE, #9001BE

Triadic#BE3201, #01BE32

Split complementary#BE9001, #2FBE01

Tetradic#BE012F, #8DBE01, #01BE90

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AA8DFE

Lighter +30%#845AFE

Lighter +20%#5F27FE

Lighter +10%#3F01F1

Darker −10%#25018B

Darker −20%#170059

Darker −30%#0A0026

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3200BF

Less saturated −25%#3D19A6

Channel breakdown

R50

B190

Red50 (19.6%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue255.56°

Saturation (HSL)98.95%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 32 · G 01 · B BE

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