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Recognised as Colour

#3C0960

  • #3C0960
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3C0960 is a violet with RGB values 60, 9, 96 and HSL 275°, 83%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3C0960#3C0960
HEX#3C0960
RGBrgb(60, 9, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0353, 0.3765
RGB percentages23.5%, 3.5%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(275.2, 82.9%, 20.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 90.6%, 37.6%)
CMYK37.5%, 90.6%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,934,560
CSS custom property--colour: #3C0960;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15:1
Contrast with white15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#C3F69F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002562no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#00275Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#352237no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.6Indigo · ΔE 19.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.4Purple · ΔE 24.5Navy · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2D6009
Analogous#110960, #600958
Triadic#603C09, #09603C
Split complementary#596009, #096010
Tetradic#601009, #2D6009, #095860

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A947EE
Lighter +30%#9319E9
Lighter +20%#7612BD
Lighter +10%#590D8F
Darker −10%#1F0531
Darker −20%#020003
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3E0069
Less saturated −25%#3A1653

Channel breakdown

R60
G9
B96
Red60 (23.5%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue275.17°
Saturation (HSL)82.86%
Lightness20.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 09 · B 60

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