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#3000CB

#3000cb ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3000cb is a color from the violet family, with low lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.82% red, 0% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.35% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 254.19°, with 100% saturation and 39.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 1.83.

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Web safe#3300cc
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Relative luminance0.0494

Complementary

  1. #3000cb
  2. #9bcb00

Split complementary

  1. #3000cb
  2. #cb9500
  3. #35cb00

Analogous

  1. #0035cb
  2. #3000cb
  3. #9500cb

Triadic

  1. #3000cb
  2. #cb3000
  3. #00cb30

Tetradic

  1. #3000cb
  2. #cb009b
  3. #9bcb00
  4. #00cb30

Square

  1. #3000cb
  2. #cb0035
  3. #9bcb00
  4. #00cb95

Monochromatic

  1. #0c0032
  2. #1e007e
  3. #3000cb
  4. #4f18ff
  5. #8965ff

Shades

#3000cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3000cb
  2. #2b00b7
  3. #2600a2
  4. #22008e
  5. #1d007a
  6. #180066
  7. #130051
  8. #0e003d
  9. #0a0029
  10. #050014
  11. #000000

Tints

#3000cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3000cb
  2. #451ad0
  3. #5933d5
  4. #6e4ddb
  5. #8366e0
  6. #9880e5
  7. #ac99ea
  8. #c1b3ef
  9. #d6ccf5
  10. #eae6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3000cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3000cb
  2. #380dc4
  3. #401abc
  4. #4826b5
  5. #5033ad
  6. #5840a6
  7. #604d9e
  8. #685a97
  9. #70668f
  10. #787388
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #3f3f3f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #39308e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0047d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0036c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005376 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0037ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0029c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00409f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3000cb {
  color: #3000cb;
}
Background
.bg-3000cb {
  background-color: #3000cb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-3000cb {
  border: 2px solid #3000cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3000cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 0 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3000cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3000cb, #9500cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3000cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 0 203 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 1.83 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 5.46 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.98 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 7.00 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 8.21 #002395 Imperial Blue ΔE 8.86 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.04 #cfff34 Inverted #3f3f3f Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#3000cb  rgb(48, 0, 203)  hsl(254, 100%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#9bcb00  rgb(155, 203, 0)  hsl(74, 100%, 40%)  Yellow Green
#cb3000  rgb(203, 48, 0)  hsl(14, 100%, 40%)  Sinopia
#00cb30  rgb(0, 203, 48)  hsl(134, 100%, 40%)  Lime Green