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Colour

#3C0E66

  • #3C0E66
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3C0E66 is a violet with RGB values 60, 14, 102 and HSL 271°, 76%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3C0E66#3C0E66
HEX#3C0E66
RGBrgb(60, 14, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0549, 0.4
RGB percentages23.5%, 5.5%, 40%
HSLhsl(271.4, 75.9%, 22.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 86.3%, 40%)
CMYK41.2%, 86.3%, 0%, 60%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,935,846
CSS custom property--colour: #3C0E66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.51:1
Contrast with white14.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#C3F199

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002968no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#002964no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#33273Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6Indigo · ΔE 17.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.2Purple · ΔE 24.4Navy · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#38660E
Analogous#100E66, #660E64
Triadic#663C0E, #0E663C
Split complementary#64660E, #0E6610
Tetradic#66100E, #38660E, #0E6466

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A358E8
Lighter +30%#8B2BE2
Lighter +20%#711AC0
Lighter +10%#561493
Darker −10%#220839
Darker −20%#07020C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3D0074
Less saturated −25%#3B1D58

Channel breakdown

R60
G14
B102
Red60 (23.5%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue271.36°
Saturation (HSL)75.86%
Lightness22.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 0E · B 66

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