Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #372afe, its pure hue is 243.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 99.1%, and its lightness is 58.0%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #372afe, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #070520 to #3025de.
The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #372afe. In RGB, it consists of 21.6% Red, 16.5% Green, and 99.6% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 78.3% Cyan, 83.5% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.4% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 243.7°, with saturation of 99.1% and lightness of 58%. The decimal value for #372afe is 3615486, and its nearest "web safe" color is #3333ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #372afe is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
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Tints of #372afe
Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #372afe, its pure hue is 243.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 99.1%, and its lightness is 58.0%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #372afe, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #5045fe to #e6e4ff.
Tones of #372afe
Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #372afe, its pure hue is 243.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 99.1%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #372afe, which range from #949494 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #3629ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).
Variations of #372afe
There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #372afe! For #372afe, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #372afe. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!
Color Coordinates of #372afe
This color, #372afe, consists of 21.6% Red, 16.5% Green, and 99.6% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 55, Green = 42, Blue = 254. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #372afe is 78.3% Cyan, 83.5% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.4% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.
Color Base | R (Red) | G (Green) | B (Blue) |
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Decimal | 55 | 42 | 254 |
Octal | 67 | 52 | 376 |
Hexa | #37 | #2a | #fe |
Binary | 00110111 | 00101010 | 11111110 |
Color Base | C (Cyan) | M (Magenta) | Y (Yellow) | Y (Black) |
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Decimal | 78 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
Octal | 116 | 123 | 0 | 0 |
Hexa | #4e | #53 | #00 | #00 |
Binary | 01001110 | 01010011 | 00000000 | 00000000 |
Analogous Colors of #372afe
Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #372afe — which has hue 243.7° — its analogous colors are located at 213.7° and 273.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #372afe.
Triadic Colors of #372afe
Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #372afe — which has hue 243.7° — its triadic colors are located at 3.7° and 243.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #372afe.
Complementary Color of #372afe
A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #372afe — which has hue 243.7° — its complementary color is located at 63.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #372afe.
Split Complementary Colors of #372afe
Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #372afe — which has hue 243.7° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 33.7° and 243.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #372afe.
Tetradic Colors of #372afe
Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #372afe — which has hue 243.7° — its tetradic colors are located at 153.7°, 243.7°, 333.7°, and 63.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #372afe.
Monochromatic Colors of #372afe
Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #372afe, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #0d01bc — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #9b94ff (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).
HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #372afe
We want to make getting started with #372afe on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #372afe into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #372afe can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span>
and <div>
tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #372afe with other HTML elements.
#372afe Foreground / Text Color
<span style="color: #372afe;">The color of this text is #372afe.</span>
#372afe Background Color
<div style="background-color: #372afe; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #372afe.</div>
#372afe Text Shadow Color
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #372afe;">This color for the shadow of this text is #372afe.</span>
#372afe Border Color
<div style="border: #372afe 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #372afe.</div>
#372afe Color Rectangle on a White Background
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #372afe; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #372afe on a white background.</div></div>
#372afe Color Rectangle on a Black Background
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #372afe; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #372afe on a black background.</div></div>
Gradient from #372afe to White
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#372afe,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#372afe,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#372afe,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#372afe,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #372afe to white.</div>
Gradient from #372afe to Black
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#372afe,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#372afe,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#372afe,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#372afe,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #372afe to black.</div>
Coding & Programming with #372afe
In addition to using #372afe on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #372afe in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #372afe, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 55, Green = 42, Blue = 254). If you need details about the color coordinates of #372afe in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.
Language | Environment | Code Snippet |
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HTML + CSS (Hex Code) | Web | #372afe |
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) | Web | rgb(55, 42, 254) |
CSS Background Color | Web | .myclass { background-color: #372afe; } |
CSS Foreground + Text Color | Web | .myclass { color: #372afe; } |
CSS Border Color | Web | .myclass { border: 2px solid #372afe; } |
Java | (Multi-platform) | new Color(55, 42, 254); |
Python | (Multi-platform) | Color("#372afe") |
Swift | iOS | UIColor(red:55, green:42, blue:254, alpha:1.0000) |
Objective-C (iOS) | iOS | [UIColor colorWithRed:55 green:42 blue:254 alpha:1.0000]; |
OpenGL | (Graphics) | glColor3f(55f, 42f, 254f); |
C# / .NET | Windows | Color.FromArgb(55, 42, 254); |
#372afe Color Blindness
Not everyone can see #372afe the same way. For those with color blindness, #372afe might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #372afe looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #372afe is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #372afe looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #372afe will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!
Trichromacy
Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women
Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women
Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000
Dichromacy
Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men
Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men
Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000
Accessibility Recommended
We analyzed whether #372afe is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 7.2:1 against white. This is a high enough ratio to be considered accessible under both the AA and AAA level standards for either normal size or large text.