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Recognised as Colour

#3603CC

  • #3603CC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3603CC is a violet with RGB values 54, 3, 204 and HSL 255°, 97%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3603CC#3603CC
HEX#3603CC
RGBrgb(54, 3, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.0118, 0.8
RGB percentages21.2%, 1.2%, 80%
HSLhsl(255.2, 97.1%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 98.5%, 80%)
CMYK73.5%, 98.5%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,539,916
CSS custom property--colour: #3603CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.29:1
Contrast with white10.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#C9FC33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0038C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005377no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 5.1Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Dark violet · ΔE 22.5Blue · ΔE 24.6Dark blue · ΔE 27.8Dark orchid · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99CC03
Analogous#0334CC, #9B03CC
Triadic#CC3603, #03CC36
Split complementary#CC9B03, #34CC03
Tetradic#CC0334, #99CC03, #03CC9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B69DFE
Lighter +30%#906BFD
Lighter +20%#6A39FC
Lighter +10%#4507FB
Darker −10%#29029A
Darker −20%#1B0267
Darker −30%#0E0135
Darker −40%#010003
More saturated +25%#3500CF
Less saturated −25%#431DB2

Channel breakdown

R54
G3
B204
Red54 (21.2%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue255.22°
Saturation (HSL)97.1%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G 03 · B CC

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