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Recognised as Colour

#3C15BE

  • #3C15BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3C15BE is a blue with RGB values 60, 21, 190 and HSL 254°, 80%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3C15BE#3C15BE
HEX#3C15BE
RGBrgb(60, 21, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0824, 0.7451
RGB percentages23.5%, 8.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(253.8, 80.1%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.8, 88.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK68.4%, 88.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,937,726
CSS custom property--colour: #3C15BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.28:1
Contrast with white10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#C3EA41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003ABBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#005070no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 14.9Blue violet · ΔE 18.3Dark blue · ΔE 18.7Dark violet · ΔE 22.1Navy · ΔE 23.6Dark orchid · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 14.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97BE15
Analogous#1543BE, #9015BE
Triadic#BE3C15, #15BE3C
Split complementary#BE9015, #43BE15
Tetradic#BE1543, #97BE15, #15BE90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBA9F6
Lighter +30%#977CF0
Lighter +20%#724EEB
Lighter +10%#4E20E6
Darker −10%#2D1090
Darker −20%#1F0B62
Darker −30%#100634
Darker −40%#020106
More saturated +25%#3100D3
Less saturated −25%#4A2FA4

Channel breakdown

R60
G21
B190
Red60 (23.5%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue253.85°
Saturation (HSL)80.09%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 15 · B BE

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