#3000ca

Color #3000ca

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 4.47 Nearest Tailwind class violet-800 #5d0ec0 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#3000ca

RGB

rgb(48, 0, 202)

HSL

hsl(254.3, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.3, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.2%, 100%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(26.42, 67.11, -87.27)

LCH

lch(26.42, 110.09, 307.56)

OKLCH

oklch(39.7%, 0.2523, 273.66)

HWB

hwb(254.3, 0%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aca00

Analogous

#0035ca

#3000ca

#9500ca

Triadic

#3000ca

#ca3000

#00ca30

Split-complementary

#3000ca

#ca9500

#35ca00

Tetradic

#3000ca

#ca009a

#9aca00

#00ca30

Square

#3000ca

#ca0035

#9aca00

#00ca95

Shades

Color #3000ca mixed toward black.

#2800a8

#200087

#180065

#100043

#080022

Tints

Color #3000ca mixed toward white.

#3c00fd

#6332ff

#8a65ff

#b198ff

#d8ccff

Tones

Color #3000ca mixed toward gray.

#3911b9

#4222a8

#4b3297

#534387

#5c5476

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.98:1

White text reads better on this background (10.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2323b2 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#2527ac · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#2f9d97 · ΔE 48.7

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 31.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #3000ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3000ca]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#3000ca (#3000ca) is rgb(48, 0, 202) in RGB.

No, #3000ca is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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