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Recognised as Colour

#3B01AC

  • #3B01AC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#3B01AC is a violet with RGB values 59, 1, 172 and HSL 260°, 99%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3B01AC#3B01AC
HEX#3B01AC
RGBrgb(59, 1, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.0039, 0.6745
RGB percentages23.1%, 0.4%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(260.4, 98.8%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 99.4%, 67.5%)
CMYK65.7%, 99.4%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,867,052
CSS custom property--colour: #3B01AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#C4FE53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003DB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Deuteranopia#0032A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#004463no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.2Medium blue · ΔE 18.6Navy · ΔE 19Blue violet · ΔE 21.1Indigo · ΔE 22.9Dark violet · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72AC01
Analogous#011CAC, #9101AC
Triadic#AC3B01, #01AC3B
Split complementary#AC9101, #1CAC01
Tetradic#AC011D, #72AC01, #01AC91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A77BFE
Lighter +30%#8648FE
Lighter +20%#6415FE
Lighter +10%#4C01DF
Darker −10%#2A0179
Darker −20%#180047
Darker −30%#070014
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B00AD
Less saturated −25%#421796

Channel breakdown

R59
G1
B172
Red59 (23.1%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue260.35°
Saturation (HSL)98.84%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G 01 · B AC

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