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Colour

#3A027B

  • #3A027B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#3A027B is a violet with RGB values 58, 2, 123 and HSL 268°, 97%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3A027B#3A027B
HEX#3A027B
RGBrgb(58, 2, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.0078, 0.4824
RGB percentages22.7%, 0.8%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(267.8, 96.8%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.8, 98.4%, 48.2%)
CMYK52.8%, 98.4%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,801,723
CSS custom property--colour: #3A027B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.24:1
Contrast with white14.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#171717
Inverted#C5FD84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002C7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#002879no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#242D46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 5Navy · ΔE 11.5Dark blue · ΔE 15Midnight blue · ΔE 16.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.8Purple · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 5.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#437B02
Analogous#02067B, #77027B
Triadic#7B3A02, #027B3A
Split complementary#7B7702, #067B02
Tetradic#7B0206, #437B02, #027B77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9E4DFC
Lighter +30%#831BFB
Lighter +20%#6904DF
Lighter +10%#5203AD
Darker −10%#220149
Darker −20%#0B0017
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3A007D
Less saturated −25%#3B126B

Channel breakdown

R58
G2
B123
Red58 (22.7%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue267.77°
Saturation (HSL)96.8%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3A · G 02 · B 7B

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