Recognised as Colour

#3D2797

#3D2797
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#3D2797 is a blue with RGB values 61, 39, 151 and HSL 252°, 59%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3D2797#3D2797

HEX#3D2797

RGBrgb(61, 39, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.2392, 0.1529, 0.5922

RGB percentages23.9%, 15.3%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(251.8, 58.9%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.8, 74.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK59.6%, 74.2%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,007,831

CSS custom property--colour: #3D2797;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.85:1

Contrast with white10.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#C2D868

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00409Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#003995no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Tritanopia#06465Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 12.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 15.9 Navy · ΔE 15.9 Dark blue · ΔE 18.1 Slate blue · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#819727

Analogous#274997, #752797

Triadic#973D27, #27973D

Split complementary#977527, #499727

Tetradic#972749, #819727, #279775

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B0A3E7

Lighter +30%#8E7ADD

Lighter +20%#6B52D2

Lighter +10%#4D31C0

Darker −10%#2D1D6E

Darker −20%#1C1246

Darker −30%#0C081D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F0FAF

Less saturated −25%#4B3F7F

Channel breakdown

R61

G39

B151

Red61 (23.9%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue251.79°

Saturation (HSL)58.95%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3D · G 27 · B 97

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