Recognised as Colour

#3702DA

#3702DA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#3702DA is a blue with RGB values 55, 2, 218 and HSL 255°, 98%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3702DA#3702DA

HEX#3702DA

RGBrgb(55, 2, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.0078, 0.8549

RGB percentages21.6%, 0.8%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(254.7, 98.2%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.7, 99.1%, 85.5%)

CMYK74.8%, 99.1%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,605,210

CSS custom property--colour: #3702DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.62:1

Contrast with white9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#C8FD25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004DDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00597Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 5.6 Blue · ΔE 18.3 Blue violet · ΔE 21.5 Dark violet · ΔE 24.6 Dark blue · ΔE 34.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5DA02

Analogous#0239DA, #A302DA

Triadic#DA3702, #02DA37

Split complementary#DAA302, #39DA02

Tetradic#DA0239, #A5DA02, #02DAA3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BEAAFE

Lighter +30%#9877FE

Lighter +20%#7245FD

Lighter +10%#4C12FD

Darker −10%#2A02A7

Darker −20%#1D0175

Darker −30%#110142

Darker −40%#040010

More saturated +25%#3600DC

Less saturated −25%#451DBF

Channel breakdown

R55

B218

Red55 (21.6%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue254.72°

Saturation (HSL)98.18%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 37 · G 02 · B DA

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