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Recognised as Colour

#3C0F6A

  • #3C0F6A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3C0F6A is a violet with RGB values 60, 15, 106 and HSL 270°, 75%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3C0F6A#3C0F6A
HEX#3C0F6A
RGBrgb(60, 15, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0588, 0.4157
RGB percentages23.5%, 5.9%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(269.7, 75.2%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.7, 85.8%, 41.6%)
CMYK43.4%, 85.8%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,936,106
CSS custom property--colour: #3C0F6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness49.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.3:1
Contrast with white14.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#C3F095

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002A6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#002A68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#31293Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.1Indigo · ΔE 16Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.3Navy · ΔE 23.2Purple · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3D6A0F
Analogous#0F0F6A, #6A0F6A
Triadic#6A3C0F, #0F6A3C
Split complementary#6A6A0F, #0F6A0F
Tetradic#6A0F10, #3D6A0F, #0F6A6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A25DE8
Lighter +30%#8830E2
Lighter +20%#6F1CC3
Lighter +10%#551597
Darker −10%#23093D
Darker −20%#090211
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3C0079
Less saturated −25%#3C1E5B

Channel breakdown

R60
G15
B106
Red60 (23.5%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue269.67°
Saturation (HSL)75.21%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 0F · B 6A

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