Recognised as Colour

#3333B2

#3333B2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#3333B2 is a blue with RGB values 51, 51, 178 and HSL 240°, 55%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3333B2#3333B2

HEX#3333B2

RGBrgb(51, 51, 178)

RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.2, 0.698

RGB percentages20%, 20%, 69.8%

HSLhsl(240, 55.5%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 71.3%, 69.8%)

CMYK71.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,355,570

CSS custom property--colour: #3333B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.3:1

Contrast with white9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#CCCC4D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004DB6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00566Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 17.7 Navy · ΔE 18.2 Slate blue · ΔE 18.7 Indigo · ΔE 19.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 17.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2B233

Analogous#3372B2, #7233B2

Triadic#B23333, #33B233

Split complementary#B27233, #72B233

Tetradic#B23372, #B2B233, #33B272

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3C3EE

Lighter +30%#9C9CE2

Lighter +20%#7474D7

Lighter +10%#4C4CCC

Darker −10%#28288A

Darker −20%#1C1C63

Darker −30%#11113B

Darker −40%#060613

More saturated +25%#1616CF

Less saturated −25%#505095

Channel breakdown

R51

G51

B178

Red51 (20%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue178 (69.8%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)55.46%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 33 · G 33 · B B2

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