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Recognised as Colour

#3C1E70

  • #3C1E70
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3C1E70 is a violet with RGB values 60, 30, 112 and HSL 262°, 58%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3C1E70#3C1E70
HEX#3C1E70
RGBrgb(60, 30, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.1176, 0.4392
RGB percentages23.5%, 11.8%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(262, 57.7%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262, 73.2%, 43.9%)
CMYK46.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,939,952
CSS custom property--colour: #3C1E70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.03:1
Contrast with white13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#C3E18F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003272no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#00306Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#2D3244no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.2Indigo · ΔE 20.8Navy · ΔE 27.2Purple · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52701E
Analogous#1E2970, #651E70
Triadic#703C1E, #1E703C
Split complementary#70651E, #29701E
Tetradic#701E29, #52701E, #1E7065

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A07EDC
Lighter +30%#8355D2
Lighter +20%#6734C0
Lighter +10%#522998
Darker −10%#261348
Darker −20%#110820
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#370C82
Less saturated −25%#41305E

Channel breakdown

R60
G30
B112
Red60 (23.5%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue261.95°
Saturation (HSL)57.75%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 1E · B 70

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