#3A24BD

A medium, moderate blue closely aligning with Darkblue.

About #3A24BD

At its core, #3A24BD is a medium and moderate hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 58 red, 36 green, and 189 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 69% cyan and 81% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 248.6 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#3A24BD
RGB58, 36, 189
HSL248.6°, 68.0%, 44.1%
CMYK69%, 81%, 0%, 26%
HSV248.6°, 81.0%, 74.1%
LAB29.0, 53.8, -75.3
XYZ11.6, 5.8, 48.7
Decimal3810493

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.69:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.17:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
9.26:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.84:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #3A24BD; }
.text-color { color: #3A24BD; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #3A24BD; }

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