#3000ec

Color #3000ec

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue #0000ff · ΔE 9.67 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#3000ec

RGB

rgb(48, 0, 236)

HSL

hsl(252.2, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.2, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.7%, 100%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(31.07, 75.2, -99.14)

LCH

lch(31.07, 124.43, 307.18)

OKLCH

oklch(44.1%, 0.2861, 271.06)

HWB

hwb(252.2, 0%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcec00

Analogous

#0046ec

#3000ec

#a600ec

Triadic

#3000ec

#ec3000

#00ec30

Split-complementary

#3000ec

#eca600

#46ec00

Tetradic

#3000ec

#ec00bc

#bcec00

#00ec30

Square

#3000ec

#ec0046

#bcec00

#00eca6

Shades

Color #3000ec mixed toward black.

#2800c5

#20009d

#180076

#10004f

#080027

Tints

Color #3000ec mixed toward white.

#491bff

#6e48ff

#9276ff

#b6a4ff

#dbd1ff

Tones

Color #3000ec mixed toward gray.

#3c14d8

#4727c5

#533bb1

#5f4f9d

#6a628a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.34:1

White text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2323d1 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#2527c9 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#2fb7b1 · ΔE 54.5

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 32.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3000ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3000ec]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#3000ec (#3000ec) is rgb(48, 0, 236) in RGB.

No, #3000ec 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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