#3A00F8

A medium, vivid blue closely aligning with Blue.

About #3A00F8

When working with digital screens, the color #3A00F8 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Blue. Its digital footprint relies on 58 parts red, 0 parts green, and 248 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). The color uses 77% Cyan, 100% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 3% Black. The HSL representation is 254.0° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 48.6% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#3A00F8
RGB58, 0, 248
HSL254.0°, 100.0%, 48.6%
CMYK77%, 100%, 0%, 3%
HSV254.0°, 100.0%, 97.3%
LAB33.3, 78.2, -102.2
XYZ18.7, 7.7, 89.3
Decimal3801336

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.28:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.54:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.92:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.16:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #3A00F8; }
.text-color { color: #3A00F8; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #3A00F8; }

Similar Colors

Blue
#0000FF