Recognised as Colour

#3C1281

#3C1281
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#3C1281 is a violet with RGB values 60, 18, 129 and HSL 263°, 76%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3C1281#3C1281

HEX#3C1281

RGBrgb(60, 18, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0706, 0.5059

RGB percentages23.5%, 7.1%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(262.7, 75.5%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.7, 86%, 50.6%)

CMYK53.5%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,936,897

CSS custom property--colour: #3C1281;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.16:1

Contrast with white13.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#C3ED7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003284no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#002E7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Tritanopia#23344Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.2 Navy · ΔE 13.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 14.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.6 Dark blue · ΔE 17 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#578112

Analogous#121F81, #731281

Triadic#813C12, #12813C

Split complementary#817412, #1F8112

Tetradic#811220, #578112, #128174

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A173EC

Lighter +30%#8347E5

Lighter +20%#661EDB

Lighter +10%#5118AE

Darker −10%#270C54

Darker −20%#120627

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#380093

Less saturated −25%#40246F

Channel breakdown

R60

G18

B129

Red60 (23.5%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue262.7°

Saturation (HSL)75.51%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G 12 · B 81

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