Colour

#3B007A

#3B007A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#3B007A is a violet with RGB values 59, 0, 122 and HSL 269°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#3B007A

RGBrgb(59, 0, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0, 0.4784

RGB percentages23.1%, 0%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(269, 100%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269, 100%, 47.8%)

CMYK51.6%, 100%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,866,746

CSS custom property--colour: #3B007A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02335WCAG 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 14.32:1

Contrast with white14.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#C4FF85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002B7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Deuteranopia#002878no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Tritanopia#272C45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 4.8 Navy · ΔE 11.7 Dark blue · ΔE 15.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 17.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9 Purple · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 4.76, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F7A00

Analogous#00027A, #78007A

Triadic#7A3B00, #007A3B

Split complementary#7A7800, #027A00

Tetradic#7A0002, #3F7A00, #007A78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A047FF

Lighter +30%#8614FF

Lighter +20%#6C00E0

Lighter +10%#5400AD

Darker −10%#220047

Darker −20%#0A0014

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3B007A

Less saturated −25%#3C0F6B

Channel breakdown

R59

B122

Red59 (23.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue269.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3B · G 00 · B 7A

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