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Recognised as Colour

#3C04CC

  • #3C04CC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3C04CC is a violet with RGB values 60, 4, 204 and HSL 257°, 96%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3C04CC#3C04CC
HEX#3C04CC
RGBrgb(60, 4, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0157, 0.8
RGB percentages23.5%, 1.6%, 80%
HSLhsl(256.8, 96.2%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.8, 98%, 80%)
CMYK70.6%, 98%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,933,388
CSS custom property--colour: #3C04CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#C3FB33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003AC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#005377no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.2Blue violet · ΔE 18.4Dark violet · ΔE 21.6Blue · ΔE 25.3Dark blue · ΔE 27.5Dark orchid · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94CC04
Analogous#0430CC, #A004CC
Triadic#CC3C04, #04CC3C
Split complementary#CCA004, #30CC04
Tetradic#CC0430, #94CC04, #04CCA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B99FFD
Lighter +30%#956DFC
Lighter +20%#713BFB
Lighter +10%#4C09FA
Darker −10%#2D039A
Darker −20%#1F0268
Darker −30%#100136
Darker −40%#010004
More saturated +25%#3A00D0
Less saturated −25%#471EB2

Channel breakdown

R60
G4
B204
Red60 (23.5%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue256.8°
Saturation (HSL)96.15%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 04 · B CC

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