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Recognised as Colour

#3208CB

  • #3208CB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3208CB is a blue with RGB values 50, 8, 203 and HSL 253°, 92%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3208CB#3208CB
HEX#3208CB
RGBrgb(50, 8, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.0314, 0.7961
RGB percentages19.6%, 3.1%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(252.9, 92.4%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.9, 96.1%, 79.6%)
CMYK75.4%, 96.1%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,279,051
CSS custom property--colour: #3208CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05164WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.33:1
Contrast with white10.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#CDF734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0038C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#005477no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 5.6Blue violet · ΔE 19.5Dark violet · ΔE 22.9Blue · ΔE 25.6Dark blue · ΔE 26.7Dark orchid · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1CB08
Analogous#0840CB, #9408CB
Triadic#CB3208, #08CB32
Split complementary#CB9308, #40CB08
Tetradic#CB083F, #A1CB08, #08CB93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7A4FB
Lighter +30%#9073F9
Lighter +20%#6941F8
Lighter +10%#4210F6
Darker −10%#26069A
Darker −20%#1A0469
Darker −30%#0E0238
Darker −40%#020007
More saturated +25%#2D00D3
Less saturated −25%#4122B1

Channel breakdown

R50
G8
B203
Red50 (19.6%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue252.92°
Saturation (HSL)92.42%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 08 · B CB

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