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Recognised as Colour

#3D00DA

  • #3D00DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3D00DA is a violet with RGB values 61, 0, 218 and HSL 257°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3D00DA#3D00DA
HEX#3D00DA
RGBrgb(61, 0, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2392, 0, 0.8549
RGB percentages23.9%, 0%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(256.8, 100%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.8, 100%, 85.5%)
CMYK72%, 100%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,997,914
CSS custom property--colour: #3D00DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#C2FF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00597Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.2Blue · ΔE 18.5Blue violet · ΔE 20.9Dark violet · ΔE 23.8Dark blue · ΔE 34.2Dark orchid · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DDA00
Analogous#0030DA, #AA00DA
Triadic#DA3D00, #00DA3D
Split complementary#DAAA00, #30DA00
Tetradic#DA0030, #9DDA00, #00DAAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0A7FF
Lighter +30%#9B74FF
Lighter +20%#7641FF
Lighter +10%#510EFF
Darker −10%#2F00A7
Darker −20%#200074
Darker −30%#120041
Darker −40%#04000E
More saturated +25%#3D00DA
Less saturated −25%#491BBF

Channel breakdown

R61
G0
B218
Red61 (23.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue256.79°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3D · G 00 · B DA

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