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Recognised as Colour

#3600AF

  • #3600AF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#3600AF is a violet with RGB values 54, 0, 175 and HSL 259°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3600AF#3600AF
HEX#3600AF
RGBrgb(54, 0, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0, 0.6863
RGB percentages21.2%, 0%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(258.5, 100%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 100%, 68.6%)
CMYK69.1%, 100%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,539,119
CSS custom property--colour: #3600AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.83:1
Contrast with white11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#181818
Inverted#C9FF50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003DB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Deuteranopia#0031ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#004665no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.5Medium blue · ΔE 16.4Navy · ΔE 20.5Blue violet · ΔE 21Dark violet · ΔE 23.3Indigo · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79AF00
Analogous#0021AF, #8E00AF
Triadic#AF3600, #00AF36
Split complementary#AF8E00, #21AF00
Tetradic#AF0021, #79AF00, #00AF8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A47CFF
Lighter +30%#8149FF
Lighter +20%#5E16FF
Lighter +10%#4600E2
Darker −10%#26007C
Darker −20%#170049
Darker −30%#070016
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3600AF
Less saturated −25%#3E1699

Channel breakdown

R54
G0
B175
Red54 (21.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue258.51°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G 00 · B AF

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