Recognised as Colour

#332CB1

#332CB1
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#332CB1 is a blue with RGB values 51, 44, 177 and HSL 243°, 60%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#332CB1#332CB1

HEX#332CB1

RGBrgb(51, 44, 177)

RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.1725, 0.6941

RGB percentages20%, 17.3%, 69.4%

HSLhsl(243.2, 60.2%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 75.1%, 69.4%)

CMYK71.2%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,353,777

CSS custom property--colour: #332CB1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.83:1

Contrast with white9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#CCD34E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Deuteranopia#003DAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00536Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.7 Navy · ΔE 16.3 Indigo · ΔE 18.6 Slate blue · ΔE 22.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AAB12C

Analogous#2C68B1, #752CB1

Triadic#B1332C, #2CB133

Split complementary#B1752C, #68B12C

Tetradic#B12C68, #AAB12C, #2CB175

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BEBBEE

Lighter +30%#9692E4

Lighter +20%#6F69DA

Lighter +10%#4840D0

Darker −10%#272288

Darker −20%#1B185F

Darker −30%#100E36

Darker −40%#04030E

More saturated +25%#1A10CD

Less saturated −25%#4C4895

Channel breakdown

R51

G44

B177

Red51 (20%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue177 (69.4%)

Hue243.16°

Saturation (HSL)60.18%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 33 · G 2C · B B1

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