Recognised as Colour

#3B026A

#3B026A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#3B026A is a violet with RGB values 59, 2, 106 and HSL 273°, 96%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3B026A#3B026A

HEX#3B026A

RGBrgb(59, 2, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.0078, 0.4157

RGB percentages23.1%, 0.8%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(272.9, 96.3%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 98.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK44.3%, 98.1%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,867,242

CSS custom property--colour: #3B026A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.97:1

Contrast with white14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#C4FD95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00266Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#002668no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#30253Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 11.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 12.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.4 Navy · ΔE 19.2 Purple · ΔE 22.8 Dark blue · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#316A02

Analogous#07026A, #6A0265

Triadic#6A3B02, #026A3B

Split complementary#656A02, #026A07

Tetradic#6A0702, #316A02, #02656A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A53DFB

Lighter +30%#8E0BFA

Lighter +20%#7304CE

Lighter +10%#57039C

Darker −10%#1F0138

Darker −20%#030006

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3B006C

Less saturated −25%#3A105D

Channel breakdown

R59

B106

Red59 (23.1%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue272.88°

Saturation (HSL)96.3%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3B · G 02 · B 6A

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Colour values

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