Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#3A1777

  • #3A1777
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3A1777 is a violet with RGB values 58, 23, 119 and HSL 262°, 68%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3A1777#3A1777
HEX#3A1777
RGBrgb(58, 23, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.0902, 0.4667
RGB percentages22.7%, 9%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(261.9, 67.6%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.9, 80.7%, 46.7%)
CMYK51.3%, 80.7%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,807,095
CSS custom property--colour: #3A1777;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.39:1
Contrast with white13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#C5E888

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00307Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#002D75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#263247no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.6Indigo · ΔE 13.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 14Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.6Navy · ΔE 19.6Dark blue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#547717
Analogous#172477, #6A1777
Triadic#773A17, #17773A
Split complementary#776A17, #247717
Tetradic#771724, #547717, #17776A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9E76E4
Lighter +30%#804BDC
Lighter +20%#6428CC
Lighter +10%#4F1FA2
Darker −10%#250F4C
Darker −20%#100622
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#350589
Less saturated −25%#3F2965

Channel breakdown

R58
G23
B119
Red58 (22.7%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue261.88°
Saturation (HSL)67.61%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3A · G 17 · B 77

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “3a1777” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.