Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#3D155A

  • #3D155A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3D155A is a violet with RGB values 61, 21, 90 and HSL 275°, 62%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3D155A#3D155A
HEX#3D155A
RGBrgb(61, 21, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.2392, 0.0824, 0.3529
RGB percentages23.9%, 8.2%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(274.8, 62.2%, 21.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.8, 76.7%, 35.3%)
CMYK32.2%, 76.7%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,003,162
CSS custom property--colour: #3D155A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.45:1
Contrast with white14.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#C2EAA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00285Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#012A59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#382536no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 16.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4Indigo · ΔE 27.6Purple · ΔE 29.2Dark magenta · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 16.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#325A15
Analogous#1B155A, #5A1554
Triadic#5A3D15, #155A3D
Split complementary#555A15, #155A1B
Tetradic#5A1B15, #325A15, #15545A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A761DA
Lighter +30%#9038D0
Lighter +20%#7528AD
Lighter +10%#591F83
Darker −10%#210B31
Darker −20%#050207
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3F0768
Less saturated −25%#3B234C

Channel breakdown

R61
G21
B90
Red61 (23.9%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue274.78°
Saturation (HSL)62.16%
Lightness21.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3D · G 15 · B 5A

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “3d155a” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.