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Recognised as Colour

#3C0489

  • #3C0489
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#3C0489 is a violet with RGB values 60, 4, 137 and HSL 265°, 94%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3C0489#3C0489
HEX#3C0489
RGBrgb(60, 4, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0157, 0.5373
RGB percentages23.5%, 1.6%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(265.3, 94.3%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.3, 97.1%, 53.7%)
CMYK56.2%, 97.1%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,933,321
CSS custom property--colour: #3C0489;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.37:1
Contrast with white13.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#C3FB76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00318Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#002C87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#1C344Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 6.3Navy · ΔE 9Dark blue · ΔE 10.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9Midnight blue · ΔE 21.8Purple · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 6.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#518904
Analogous#040E89, #7F0489
Triadic#893C04, #04893C
Split complementary#897F04, #0E8904
Tetradic#89040E, #518904, #04897F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A05FFA
Lighter +30%#832DF9
Lighter +20%#6707EC
Lighter +10%#5205BB
Darker −10%#260357
Darker −20%#110126
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B008D
Less saturated −25%#3F1677

Channel breakdown

R60
G4
B137
Red60 (23.5%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue265.26°
Saturation (HSL)94.33%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 04 · B 89

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