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#30217D Color

#30217D is rgb(48, 33, 125) in RGB, hsl(250, 58%, 31%) in HSL, and about cmyk(62%, 74%, 0%, 51%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Midnight Blue (#191970), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 5.84. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#30217D
HEX#30217D
RGBrgb(48, 33, 125)
HSLhsl(250, 58%, 31%)
HSVhsv(250, 74%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(62%, 74%, 0%, 51%)
OKLCHoklch(33.2% 0.147 282.4)
LABlab(20.01% 28.83 -50.79)
LCHlch(20.01% 58.41 299.58)

What #30217D Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #30217D, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Midnight Blue#191970ΔE 5.84Cosmic Cobalt#2E2D88ΔE 5.87Persian Indigo#32127AΔE 8.35Spanish Violet#4C2882ΔE 8.43St. Patrick's Blue#23297AΔE 8.84Resolution Blue#002387ΔE 9.42

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every blue in the library.

#30217D Channel Values

How #30217D breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 48 · G 33 · B 1258-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 250° · S 58% · L 31%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 250° · S 74% · V 49%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 62% · M 74% · Y 0% · K 51%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance12.81:1 vs white · 1.64:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #30217D background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text12.81:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text1.64:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #30217D in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #30217D

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #30217D; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#30217D
Complementary
#6E7D21
Analogous
#21407D
Analogous
#5E217D
Triadic
#7D3021
Triadic
#217D30
Split comp.
#7D5E21
Split comp.
#407D21

Tints & Shades of #30217D

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#402CA5
#4E36C9
#725ED4
#9182DE
#B5AAE9
#D5CFF2

Shades

#2A1D6D
#24195D
#1E144D
#191140
#130D30
#0D0920

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #30217D.

How #30217D Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#30217D
Protanopia#24247D
Protanomaly#29237D
Deuteranopia#27277D
Deuteranomaly#2B247D
Tritanopia#103838
Tritanomaly#21305B
Achromatopsia#323232

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #30217D in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-30217d: #30217D;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #30217D;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-30217d': '#30217D' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.188, green: 0.129, blue: 0.490)
Android XML<color name="color_30217d">#30217D</color>
SVG fillfill="#30217D"

More Blue Colors

#30217D sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

000024fafaff00002ef9fafb000033f8fafc000038f8f8ff000042f5faff000047f5f5ff002147007dfa0f52ba1c39bb2a3439372aac4e3cc364609a7abdff979aaab8dbffd6d6ff

#30217D Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #30217D?

#30217D is a dark blue — rgb(48, 33, 125) in RGB and hsl(250, 58%, 31%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Midnight Blue (#191970), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 5.84.

What is the RGB value of #30217D?

#30217D is rgb(48, 33, 125) — red 48, green 33, and blue 125 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #30217D?

#30217D converts to approximately cmyk(62%, 74%, 0%, 51%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #30217D be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #30217D scores 12.81:1 against white and 1.64:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #30217D as a CSS color keyword?

No. #30217D is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is midnightblue (#191970) at a CIE76 distance of 5.84, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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