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Recognised as Colour

#321BDA

  • #321BDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#321BDA is a blue with RGB values 50, 27, 218 and HSL 247°, 78%, 48%. 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

#321BDA#321BDA
HEX#321BDA
RGBrgb(50, 27, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.1059, 0.8549
RGB percentages19.6%, 10.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(247.2, 78%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.2, 87.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK77.1%, 87.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,283,930
CSS custom property--colour: #321BDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#CDE425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005E81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.4Blue violet · ΔE 19.3Blue · ΔE 23.3Dark violet · ΔE 23.9Dark blue · ΔE 30Dark orchid · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3DA1B
Analogous#1B63DA, #921BDA
Triadic#DA321B, #1BDA32
Split complementary#DA911B, #63DA1B
Tetradic#DA1B63, #C3DA1B, #1BDA91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEC9F8
Lighter +30%#A69BF3
Lighter +20%#7D6EED
Lighter +10%#5541E7
Darker −10%#2815AD
Darker −20%#1D107F
Darker −30%#130A52
Darker −40%#080524
More saturated +25%#1E00F5
Less saturated −25%#493ABB

Channel breakdown

R50
G27
B218
Red50 (19.6%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue247.23°
Saturation (HSL)77.96%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 1B · B DA

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