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Recognised as Colour

#3C04CD

  • #3C04CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3C04CD is a violet with RGB values 60, 4, 205 and HSL 257°, 96%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3C04CD#3C04CD
HEX#3C04CD
RGBrgb(60, 4, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0157, 0.8039
RGB percentages23.5%, 1.6%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(256.7, 96.2%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.7, 98%, 80.4%)
CMYK70.7%, 98%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,933,389
CSS custom property--colour: #3C04CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.04:1
Contrast with white10.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#C3FB32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003ACAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005478no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 5.9Blue violet · ΔE 18.5Dark violet · ΔE 21.7Blue · ΔE 24.8Dark blue · ΔE 27.9Dark orchid · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95CD04
Analogous#0431CD, #A004CD
Triadic#CD3C04, #04CD3C
Split complementary#CDA004, #31CD04
Tetradic#CD0431, #95CD04, #04CDA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAA0FD
Lighter +30%#956EFC
Lighter +20%#713CFB
Lighter +10%#4D0AFA
Darker −10%#2D039B
Darker −20%#1F0269
Darker −30%#100137
Darker −40%#010005
More saturated +25%#3A00D1
Less saturated −25%#481EB3

Channel breakdown

R60
G4
B205
Red60 (23.5%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue256.72°
Saturation (HSL)96.17%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 04 · B CD

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