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Recognised as Colour

#3E00EF

  • #3E00EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#3E00EF is a violet with RGB values 62, 0, 239 and HSL 256°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#3E00EF#3E00EF
HEX#3E00EF
RGBrgb(62, 0, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0, 0.9373
RGB percentages24.3%, 0%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(255.6, 100%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.6, 100%, 93.7%)
CMYK74.1%, 100%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,063,471
CSS custom property--colour: #3E00EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.57:1
Contrast with white8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#C1FF10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0042ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00638Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 109.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 9.7Medium blue · ΔE 13.7Blue violet · ΔE 26.6Dark violet · ΔE 29.2Dark orchid · ΔE 41.6Dark blue · ΔE 43.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1EF00
Analogous#003AEF, #B500EF
Triadic#EF3E00, #00EF3E
Split complementary#EFB500, #3AEF00
Tetradic#EF003A, #B1EF00, #00EFB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDBCFF
Lighter +30%#A889FF
Lighter +20%#8256FF
Lighter +10%#5C23FF
Darker −10%#3100BC
Darker −20%#240089
Darker −30%#160056
Darker −40%#090023
More saturated +25%#3E00EF
Less saturated −25%#4C1ED1

Channel breakdown

R62
G0
B239
Red62 (24.3%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue255.56°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 00 · B EF

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