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Colour

#3B169A

  • #3B169A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#3B169A is a violet with RGB values 59, 22, 154 and HSL 257°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3B169A#3B169A
HEX#3B169A
RGBrgb(59, 22, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.0863, 0.6039
RGB percentages23.1%, 8.6%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(256.8, 75%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.8, 85.7%, 60.4%)
CMYK61.7%, 85.7%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,872,410
CSS custom property--colour: #3B169A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#C4E965

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003398no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00405Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 9.6Navy · ΔE 10.4Indigo · ΔE 11.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.6Midnight blue · ΔE 24.2Dark orchid · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#759A16
Analogous#16339A, #7D169A
Triadic#9A3B16, #169A3B
Split complementary#9A7D16, #339A16
Tetradic#9A1633, #759A16, #169A7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A98DEF
Lighter +30%#8761E8
Lighter +20%#6534E2
Lighter +10%#4C1CC7
Darker −10%#2A106D
Darker −20%#190941
Darker −30%#080314
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3100B0
Less saturated −25%#452C84

Channel breakdown

R59
G22
B154
Red59 (23.1%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue256.82°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3B · G 16 · B 9A

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