Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#3246F3

  • #3246F3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#3246F3 is a blue with RGB values 50, 70, 243 and HSL 234°, 89%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#3246F3#3246F3
HEX#3246F3
RGBrgb(50, 70, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.2745, 0.9529
RGB percentages19.6%, 27.5%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(233.8, 88.9%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.8, 79.4%, 95.3%)
CMYK79.4%, 71.2%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,294,963
CSS custom property--colour: #3246F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.35:1
Contrast with white6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#CDB90C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#007898no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 21.6Medium blue · ΔE 21.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.5Dark violet · ΔE 29.4Dark orchid · ΔE 30.4Dark blue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 21.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3DF32
Analogous#32A6F3, #7F32F3
Triadic#F33246, #46F332
Split complementary#F37F32, #A6F332
Tetradic#F332A6, #F3DF32, #32F37F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F4FE
Lighter +30%#C3C8FB
Lighter +20%#929DF9
Lighter +10%#6271F6
Darker −10%#0D24E5
Darker −20%#0B1CB4
Darker −30%#081584
Darker −40%#050D54
More saturated +25%#263CFF
Less saturated −25%#4D5CD8

Channel breakdown

R50
G70
B243
Red50 (19.6%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue233.78°
Saturation (HSL)88.94%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 46 · B F3

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “3246f3” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.