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Recognised as Colour

#3C1782

  • #3C1782
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#3C1782 is a violet with RGB values 60, 23, 130 and HSL 261°, 70%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3C1782#3C1782
HEX#3C1782
RGBrgb(60, 23, 130)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0902, 0.5098
RGB percentages23.5%, 9%, 51%
HSLhsl(260.7, 69.9%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 82.3%, 51%)
CMYK53.8%, 82.3%, 0%, 49%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,938,178
CSS custom property--colour: #3C1782;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.83:1
Contrast with white12.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#C3E87D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003485no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003080no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#22364Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.9Midnight blue · ΔE 12.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.4Navy · ΔE 14.9Dark blue · ΔE 18.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D8217
Analogous#172782, #721782
Triadic#823C17, #17823C
Split complementary#827217, #278217
Tetradic#821727, #5D8217, #178272

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A27DE8
Lighter +30%#8352E0
Lighter +20%#6426D9
Lighter +10%#501FAD
Darker −10%#280F57
Darker −20%#14082B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#360495
Less saturated −25%#422A6F

Channel breakdown

R60
G23
B130
Red60 (23.5%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue130 (51%)
Hue260.75°
Saturation (HSL)69.93%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 17 · B 82

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