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Recognised as Colour

#3216C8

  • #3216C8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3216C8 is a blue with RGB values 50, 22, 200 and HSL 249°, 80%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3216C8#3216C8
HEX#3216C8
RGBrgb(50, 22, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.0863, 0.7843
RGB percentages19.6%, 8.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(249.4, 80.2%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.4, 89%, 78.4%)
CMYK75%, 89%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,282,632
CSS custom property--colour: #3216C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.07:1
Contrast with white10.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#CDE937

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003AC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#005576no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 10Blue violet · ΔE 18.7Dark violet · ΔE 22.9Dark blue · ΔE 22.9Navy · ΔE 28Dark orchid · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACC816
Analogous#1653C8, #8B16C8
Triadic#C83216, #16C832
Split complementary#C88B16, #53C816
Tetradic#C81653, #ACC816, #16C88B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEB3F7
Lighter +30%#9685F2
Lighter +20%#6F57ED
Lighter +10%#4729E8
Darker −10%#27119A
Darker −20%#1B0C6C
Darker −30%#10073E
Darker −40%#040210
More saturated +25%#2300DE
Less saturated −25%#4532AC

Channel breakdown

R50
G22
B200
Red50 (19.6%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue249.44°
Saturation (HSL)80.18%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 16 · B C8

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