Colour

#3C0C53

#3C0C53
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#3C0C53 is a violet with RGB values 60, 12, 83 and HSL 281°, 75%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3C0C53#3C0C53

HEX#3C0C53

RGBrgb(60, 12, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0471, 0.3255

RGB percentages23.5%, 4.7%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(280.6, 74.7%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 85.5%, 32.5%)

CMYK27.7%, 85.5%, 0%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,935,315

CSS custom property--colour: #3C0C53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.33:1

Contrast with white15.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#C3F3AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002355no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#002652no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Tritanopia#391E30no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.9 Indigo · ΔE 27.6 Purple · ΔE 28.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23530C

Analogous#190C53, #530C47

Triadic#533C0C, #0C533C

Split complementary#47530C, #0C5318

Tetradic#53180C, #23530C, #0C4753

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B147E4

Lighter +30%#9D1FD9

Lighter +20%#7C19AC

Lighter +10%#5C1280

Darker −10%#1C0626

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#40005F

Less saturated −25%#381847

Channel breakdown

R60

G12

B83

Red60 (23.5%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue280.56°

Saturation (HSL)74.74%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G 0C · B 53

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