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Recognised as Colour

#3400CA

  • #3400CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3400CA is a violet with RGB values 52, 0, 202 and HSL 255°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3400CA#3400CA
HEX#3400CA
RGBrgb(52, 0, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0, 0.7922
RGB percentages20.4%, 0%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(255.4, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.4, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK74.3%, 100%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,408,074
CSS custom property--colour: #3400CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.51:1
Contrast with white10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#CBFF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0037C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#005276no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 5Blue violet · ΔE 19.8Dark violet · ΔE 22.8Blue · ΔE 24.9Dark blue · ΔE 27.4Dark orchid · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96CA00
Analogous#0031CA, #9900CA
Triadic#CA3400, #00CA34
Split complementary#CA9900, #31CA00
Tetradic#CA0031, #96CA00, #00CA99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B297FF
Lighter +30%#8C64FF
Lighter +20%#6631FF
Lighter +10%#4100FD
Darker −10%#270097
Darker −20%#1A0064
Darker −30%#0D0031
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3400CA
Less saturated −25%#4019B1

Channel breakdown

R52
G0
B202
Red52 (20.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue255.45°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 34 · G 00 · B CA

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