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Recognised as Colour

#3F14DA

  • #3F14DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3F14DA is a blue with RGB values 63, 20, 218 and HSL 253°, 83%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3F14DA#3F14DA
HEX#3F14DA
RGBrgb(63, 20, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.0784, 0.8549
RGB percentages24.7%, 7.8%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(253, 83.2%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253, 90.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK71.1%, 90.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,134,106
CSS custom property--colour: #3F14DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.04:1
Contrast with white9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#C0EB25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005C81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.5Blue violet · ΔE 18.3Blue · ΔE 22.1Dark violet · ΔE 22.3Dark blue · ΔE 31.2Dark orchid · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFDA14
Analogous#144CDA, #A214DA
Triadic#DA3F14, #14DA3F
Split complementary#DAA214, #4CDA14
Tetradic#DA144C, #AFDA14, #14DAA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDC1F9
Lighter +30%#A892F5
Lighter +20%#8263F1
Lighter +10%#5C35EC
Darker −10%#3110AB
Darker −20%#240B7D
Darker −30%#16074E
Darker −40%#09031F
More saturated +25%#3400EE
Less saturated −25%#5032BC

Channel breakdown

R63
G20
B218
Red63 (24.7%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue253.03°
Saturation (HSL)83.19%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3F · G 14 · B DA

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