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Recognised as Colour

#3907C3

  • #3907C3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3907C3 is a violet with RGB values 57, 7, 195 and HSL 256°, 93%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3907C3#3907C3
HEX#3907C3
RGBrgb(57, 7, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.0275, 0.7647
RGB percentages22.4%, 2.7%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(256, 93.1%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 96.4%, 76.5%)
CMYK70.8%, 96.4%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,737,539
CSS custom property--colour: #3907C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.54:1
Contrast with white10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#C6F83C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0046C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0037C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#005072no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.3Blue violet · ΔE 18.4Dark violet · ΔE 21.6Dark blue · ΔE 23.1Dark orchid · ΔE 28.2Navy · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91C307
Analogous#0733C3, #9707C3
Triadic#C33907, #07C339
Split complementary#C39707, #33C307
Tetradic#C30733, #91C307, #07C397

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B49BFB
Lighter +30%#9069FA
Lighter +20%#6B38F8
Lighter +10%#4709F4
Darker −10%#2B0592
Darker −20%#1C0361
Darker −30%#0E022F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3600CA
Less saturated −25%#4520AA

Channel breakdown

R57
G7
B195
Red57 (22.4%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue255.96°
Saturation (HSL)93.07%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G 07 · B C3

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