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Recognised as Colour

#3C02DC

  • #3C02DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3C02DC is a violet with RGB values 60, 2, 220 and HSL 256°, 98%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3C02DC#3C02DC
HEX#3C02DC
RGBrgb(60, 2, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0078, 0.8627
RGB percentages23.5%, 0.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(256, 98.2%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 99.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK72.7%, 99.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,932,892
CSS custom property--colour: #3C02DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.4:1
Contrast with white9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#C3FD23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004EE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#005A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.5Blue · ΔE 17.8Blue violet · ΔE 21.3Dark violet · ΔE 24.2Dark blue · ΔE 34.8Dark orchid · ΔE 35.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2DC02
Analogous#0235DC, #A902DC
Triadic#DC3C02, #02DC3C
Split complementary#DCA902, #35DC02
Tetradic#DC0235, #A2DC02, #02DCA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2ACFE
Lighter +30%#9C79FE
Lighter +20%#7747FD
Lighter +10%#5214FD
Darker −10%#2E02A9
Darker −20%#200177
Darker −30%#130144
Darker −40%#050012
More saturated +25%#3B00DE
Less saturated −25%#491EC0

Channel breakdown

R60
G2
B220
Red60 (23.5%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue255.96°
Saturation (HSL)98.2%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 02 · B DC

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