Colour

#36309C

#36309C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#36309C is a blue with RGB values 54, 48, 156 and HSL 243°, 53%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#36309C#36309C

HEX#36309C

RGBrgb(54, 48, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.1882, 0.6118

RGB percentages21.2%, 18.8%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(243.3, 52.9%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243.3, 69.2%, 61.2%)

CMYK65.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,551,388

CSS custom property--colour: #36309C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.2:1

Contrast with white10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#C9CF63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00469Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003D9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Tritanopia#004D62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 15.1 Indigo · ΔE 17.4 Slate blue · ΔE 17.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.2 Navy · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#969C30

Analogous#30609C, #6C309C

Triadic#9C3630, #309C36

Split complementary#9C6C30, #609C30

Tetradic#9C3060, #969C30, #309C6C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B4B1E7

Lighter +30%#8E8ADB

Lighter +20%#6963CF

Lighter +10%#433CC3

Darker −10%#282475

Darker −20%#1B184E

Darker −30%#0D0C27

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1F17B6

Less saturated −25%#4D4A83

Channel breakdown

R54

G48

B156

Red54 (21.2%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue243.33°

Saturation (HSL)52.94%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 36 · G 30 · B 9C

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