Recognised as Colour

#3B1059

#3B1059
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#3B1059 is a violet with RGB values 59, 16, 89 and HSL 275°, 70%, 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

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HEX#3B1059

RGBrgb(59, 16, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.0627, 0.349

RGB percentages23.1%, 6.3%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(275.3, 69.5%, 20.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 82%, 34.9%)

CMYK33.7%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,870,809

CSS custom property--colour: #3B1059;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.95:1

Contrast with white14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#C4EFA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00265Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#002758no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Tritanopia#362234no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.9 Indigo · ΔE 25.7 Purple · ΔE 28.2 Navy · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E5910

Analogous#171059, #591052

Triadic#593B10, #10593B

Split complementary#525910, #105917

Tetradic#591710, #2E5910, #105259

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A755E0

Lighter +30%#9129D9

Lighter +20%#7420AF

Lighter +10%#581884

Darker −10%#1E082E

Darker −20%#020003

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3D0366

Less saturated −25%#391D4C

Channel breakdown

R59

G16

B89

Red59 (23.1%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue275.34°

Saturation (HSL)69.52%

Lightness20.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3B · G 10 · B 59

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