Colour

#3B2E78

#3B2E78
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#3B2E78 is a blue with RGB values 59, 46, 120 and HSL 251°, 45%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#3B2E78

RGBrgb(59, 46, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.1804, 0.4706

RGB percentages23.1%, 18%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(250.5, 44.6%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(250.5, 61.7%, 47.1%)

CMYK50.8%, 61.7%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,878,520

CSS custom property--colour: #3B2E78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness62.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.36:1

Contrast with white11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#C4D187

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003C7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#003876no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Tritanopia#263F4Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 6.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 13.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.5 Indigo · ΔE 28.4 Slate blue · ΔE 28.7 Purple · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B782E

Analogous#2E4678, #602E78

Triadic#783B2E, #2E783B

Split complementary#78602E, #46782E

Tetradic#782E46, #6B782E, #2E7860

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A59AD8

Lighter +30%#8475CA

Lighter +20%#6350BC

Lighter +10%#4D3C9D

Darker −10%#292053

Darker −20%#17122E

Darker −30%#050409

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2E198D

Less saturated −25%#484363

Channel breakdown

R59

G46

B120

Red59 (23.1%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue250.54°

Saturation (HSL)44.58%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3B · G 2E · B 78

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Channel breakdown

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