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Recognised as Colour

#3B047F

  • #3B047F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#3B047F is a violet with RGB values 59, 4, 127 and HSL 267°, 94%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3B047F#3B047F
HEX#3B047F
RGBrgb(59, 4, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.0157, 0.498
RGB percentages23.1%, 1.6%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(266.8, 93.9%, 25.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.8, 96.9%, 49.8%)
CMYK53.5%, 96.9%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,867,775
CSS custom property--colour: #3B047F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.91:1
Contrast with white13.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#C4FB80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002E82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#002A7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#233048no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 4.6Navy · ΔE 10.7Dark blue · ΔE 13.9Midnight blue · ΔE 17.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.7Purple · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 4.58, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#487F04
Analogous#040B7F, #78047F
Triadic#7F3B04, #047F3B
Split complementary#7F7804, #0B7F04
Tetradic#7F040B, #487F04, #047F78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9F55FA
Lighter +30%#8324F8
Lighter +20%#6907E2
Lighter +10%#5206B0
Darker −10%#24024E
Darker −20%#0D011C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B0083
Less saturated −25%#3D146F

Channel breakdown

R59
G4
B127
Red59 (23.1%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue266.83°
Saturation (HSL)93.89%
Lightness25.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G 04 · B 7F

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