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Recognised as Colour

#3C005D

  • #3C005D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3C005D is a violet with RGB values 60, 0, 93 and HSL 279°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3C005D#3C005D
HEX#3C005D
RGBrgb(60, 0, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0, 0.3647
RGB percentages23.5%, 0%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(278.7, 100%, 18.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 100%, 36.5%)
CMYK35.5%, 100%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,932,253
CSS custom property--colour: #3C005D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness45.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.55:1
Contrast with white15.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#C3FFA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00225Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#00245Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#361D33no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.1Indigo · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 23Purple · ΔE 23.5Navy · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#215D00
Analogous#0E005D, #5D004F
Triadic#5D3C00, #005D3C
Split complementary#4F5D00, #005D0E
Tetradic#5D0E00, #215D00, #004F5D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B32AFF
Lighter +30%#9F00F6
Lighter +20%#7E00C3
Lighter +10%#5D0090
Darker −10%#1B002A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3C005D
Less saturated −25%#390C51

Channel breakdown

R60
G0
B93
Red60 (23.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue278.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness18.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 00 · B 5D

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