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Recognised as Colour

#3C2B97

  • #3C2B97
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#3C2B97 is a blue with RGB values 60, 43, 151 and HSL 249°, 56%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#3C2B97#3C2B97
HEX#3C2B97
RGBrgb(60, 43, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.1686, 0.5922
RGB percentages23.5%, 16.9%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(249.4, 55.7%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.4, 71.5%, 59.2%)
CMYK60.3%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,943,319
CSS custom property--colour: #3C2B97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04923WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#C3D468

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00429Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00485Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.1Midnight blue · ΔE 14.5Indigo · ΔE 14.7Navy · ΔE 18.1Slate blue · ΔE 19Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 12.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86972B
Analogous#2B5097, #722B97
Triadic#973C2B, #2B973C
Split complementary#97722B, #50972B
Tetradic#972B50, #86972B, #2B9772

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2A8E6
Lighter +30%#8E80DB
Lighter +20%#6B58D0
Lighter +10%#4C36BF
Darker −10%#2C206F
Darker −20%#1C1448
Darker −30%#0D0920
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2B13AF
Less saturated −25%#4D437F

Channel breakdown

R60
G43
B151
Red60 (23.5%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue249.44°
Saturation (HSL)55.67%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3C · G 2B · B 97

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