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Recognised as Colour

#3A2E8A

  • #3A2E8A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3A2E8A is a blue with RGB values 58, 46, 138 and HSL 248°, 50%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3A2E8A#3A2E8A
HEX#3A2E8A
RGBrgb(58, 46, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.1804, 0.5412
RGB percentages22.7%, 18%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(247.8, 50%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.8, 66.7%, 54.1%)
CMYK58%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,813,002
CSS custom property--colour: #3A2E8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.84:1
Contrast with white10.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#C5D175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00408Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003A88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#114557no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10Dark slateblue · ΔE 11Rebecca purple · ΔE 13Indigo · ΔE 20.4Slate blue · ΔE 21.5Navy · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E8A2E
Analogous#2E508A, #682E8A
Triadic#8A3A2E, #2E8A3A
Split complementary#8A682E, #508A2E
Tetradic#8A2E50, #7E8A2E, #2E8A68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABA3E1
Lighter +30%#897DD4
Lighter +20%#6657C7
Lighter +10%#4A3BB0
Darker −10%#2A2164
Darker −20%#1A153D
Darker −30%#0A0817
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2917A1
Less saturated −25%#4B4573

Channel breakdown

R58
G46
B138
Red58 (22.7%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue247.83°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3A · G 2E · B 8A

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