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Recognised as Colour

#3B0368

  • #3B0368
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3B0368 is a violet with RGB values 59, 3, 104 and HSL 273°, 94%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3B0368#3B0368
HEX#3B0368
RGBrgb(59, 3, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.0118, 0.4078
RGB percentages23.1%, 1.2%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(273.3, 94.4%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 97.1%, 40.8%)
CMYK43.3%, 97.1%, 0%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,867,496
CSS custom property--colour: #3B0368;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.01:1
Contrast with white15.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#161616
Inverted#C4FC97

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00266Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#002666no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#30243Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.3Indigo · ΔE 13.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6Navy · ΔE 20.5Purple · ΔE 23Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#306803
Analogous#080368, #680363
Triadic#683B03, #03683B
Split complementary#626803, #036809
Tetradic#680903, #306803, #036268

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A63EF9
Lighter +30%#8F0CF8
Lighter +20%#7306CB
Lighter +10%#57049A
Darker −10%#1F0236
Darker −20%#030005
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B006B
Less saturated −25%#3A105B

Channel breakdown

R59
G3
B104
Red59 (23.1%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue273.27°
Saturation (HSL)94.39%
Lightness20.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G 03 · B 68

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