Recognised as Colour

#3A235A

#3A235A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#3A235A is a violet with RGB values 58, 35, 90 and HSL 265°, 44%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#3A235A

RGBrgb(58, 35, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.2275, 0.1373, 0.3529

RGB percentages22.7%, 13.7%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(265.1, 44%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.1, 61.1%, 35.3%)

CMYK35.6%, 61.1%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,810,138

CSS custom property--colour: #3A235A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.5 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#2C2C2C

Inverted#C5DCA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0B2F5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#132F59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Tritanopia#332E3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever 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

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 22 Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.3 Indigo · ΔE 36.6 Purple · ΔE 37.1 Slate blue · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#435A23

Analogous#23285A, #55235A

Triadic#5A3A23, #235A3A

Split complementary#5A5523, #285A23

Tetradic#5A2328, #435A23, #235A55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#9E7DCC

Lighter +30%#8358BE

Lighter +20%#6940A3

Lighter +10%#52317F

Darker −10%#221535

Darker −20%#0B0611

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#37136A

Less saturated −25%#3D334A

Channel breakdown

R58

G35

B90

Red58 (22.7%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue265.09°

Saturation (HSL)44%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3A · G 23 · B 5A

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