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Recognised as Colour

#3309FA

  • #3309FA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#3309FA is a blue with RGB values 51, 9, 250 and HSL 250°, 96%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#3309FA#3309FA
HEX#3309FA
RGBrgb(51, 9, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.0353, 0.9804
RGB percentages20%, 3.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(250.5, 96%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.5, 96.4%, 98%)
CMYK79.6%, 96.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,344,890
CSS custom property--colour: #3309FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.2:1
Contrast with white8.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#CCF605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#0043F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#006993no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 113.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 5.5Medium blue · ΔE 17.5Blue violet · ΔE 30.3Dark violet · ΔE 33.1Dark orchid · ΔE 45.5Dark blue · ΔE 47.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0FA09
Analogous#0957FA, #AC09FA
Triadic#FA3309, #09FA33
Split complementary#FAAC09, #57FA09
Tetradic#FA0957, #D0FA09, #09FAAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9D1FE
Lighter +30%#AF9FFD
Lighter +20%#866DFC
Lighter +10%#5C3BFB
Darker −10%#2704CC
Darker −20%#1D039A
Darker −30%#140268
Darker −40%#0A0136
More saturated +25%#3004FF
Less saturated −25%#4728DB

Channel breakdown

R51
G9
B250
Red51 (20%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue250.46°
Saturation (HSL)96.02%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 33 · G 09 · B FA

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