Recognised as Colour

#3703ED

#3703ED
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#3703ED is a blue with RGB values 55, 3, 237 and HSL 253°, 98%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#3703ED#3703ED

HEX#3703ED

RGBrgb(55, 3, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.0118, 0.9294

RGB percentages21.6%, 1.2%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(253.3, 97.5%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(253.3, 98.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK76.8%, 98.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,605,485

CSS custom property--colour: #3703ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.76:1

Contrast with white8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#C8FC12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0054F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Deuteranopia#0040EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00628Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 108.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 10.2 Medium blue · ΔE 12.6 Blue violet · ΔE 26.5 Dark violet · ΔE 29.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 41.3 Dark blue · ΔE 42.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 10.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9ED03

Analogous#0344ED, #AC03ED

Triadic#ED3703, #03ED37

Split complementary#EDAC03, #44ED03

Tetradic#ED0344, #B9ED03, #03EDAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCBEFE

Lighter +30%#A58BFE

Lighter +20%#7E59FD

Lighter +10%#5627FC

Darker −10%#2B02BB

Darker −20%#200288

Darker −30%#140156

Darker −40%#080024

More saturated +25%#3500F0

Less saturated −25%#4821CF

Channel breakdown

R55

B237

Red55 (21.6%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue253.33°

Saturation (HSL)97.5%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 37 · G 03 · B ED

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