Colour

#3C0B47

#3C0B47
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#3C0B47 is a violet with RGB values 60, 11, 71 and HSL 289°, 73%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#3C0B47

RGBrgb(60, 11, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0431, 0.2784

RGB percentages23.5%, 4.3%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(289, 73.2%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289, 84.5%, 27.8%)

CMYK15.5%, 84.5%, 0%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,935,047

CSS custom property--colour: #3C0B47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.78:1

Contrast with white15.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#C3F4B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001F49no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#102446no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Tritanopia#3C1828no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 24.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.7 Purple · ΔE 32.7 Indigo · ΔE 34.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 24.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16470B

Analogous#1E0B47, #470B34

Triadic#473C0B, #0B473C

Split complementary#34470B, #0B471E

Tetradic#471E0B, #16470B, #0B3447

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C33DE1

Lighter +30%#AC20CB

Lighter +20%#87199F

Lighter +10%#611273

Darker −10%#17041B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#420151

Less saturated −25%#36153D

Channel breakdown

R60

G11

B71

Red60 (23.5%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue289°

Saturation (HSL)73.17%

Lightness16.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G 0B · B 47

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