Colour

#3C06DB

#3C06DB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#3C06DB is a violet with RGB values 60, 6, 219 and HSL 255°, 95%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3C06DB#3C06DB

HEX#3C06DB

RGBrgb(60, 6, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0235, 0.8588

RGB percentages23.5%, 2.4%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(255.2, 94.7%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 97.3%, 85.9%)

CMYK72.6%, 97.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,933,915

CSS custom property--colour: #3C06DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.37:1

Contrast with white9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#C3F924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004EE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#003ED8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Tritanopia#005A80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6 Blue · ΔE 18.8 Blue violet · ΔE 20.6 Dark violet · ΔE 23.8 Dark blue · ΔE 33.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5DB06

Analogous#063BDB, #A606DB

Triadic#DB3C06, #06DB3C

Split complementary#DBA606, #3BDB06

Tetradic#DB063B, #A5DB06, #06DBA6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4B0FD

Lighter +30%#9E7FFB

Lighter +20%#794DFA

Lighter +10%#531BF9

Darker −10%#2E05A9

Darker −20%#210378

Darker −30%#130246

Darker −40%#060114

More saturated +25%#3900E1

Less saturated −25%#4A22BF

Channel breakdown

R60

B219

Red60 (23.5%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue255.21°

Saturation (HSL)94.67%

Lightness44.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G 06 · B DB

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Colour values

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