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Recognised as Colour

#3E01BD

  • #3E01BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3E01BD is a violet with RGB values 62, 1, 189 and HSL 259°, 99%, 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 Medium blue.

Colour values

#3E01BD#3E01BD
HEX#3E01BD
RGBrgb(62, 1, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.0039, 0.7412
RGB percentages24.3%, 0.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(259.5, 98.9%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 99.5%, 74.1%)
CMYK67.2%, 99.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,063,677
CSS custom property--colour: #3E01BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.8:1
Contrast with white10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#C1FE42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0043C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Deuteranopia#0037BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#004C6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.5Blue violet · ΔE 18.1Dark violet · ΔE 20.8Dark blue · ΔE 21.3Navy · ΔE 26.4Dark orchid · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80BD01
Analogous#0122BD, #9C01BD
Triadic#BD3E01, #01BD3E
Split complementary#BD9C01, #22BD01
Tetradic#BD0122, #80BD01, #01BD9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B18CFE
Lighter +30%#8E59FE
Lighter +20%#6C26FE
Lighter +10%#4F01F0
Darker −10%#2D018A
Darker −20%#1D0058
Darker −30%#0C0025
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3E00BE
Less saturated −25%#4619A5

Channel breakdown

R62
G1
B189
Red62 (24.3%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue259.47°
Saturation (HSL)98.95%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 01 · B BD

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