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Recognised as Colour

#3E03AD

  • #3E03AD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#3E03AD is a violet with RGB values 62, 3, 173 and HSL 261°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3E03AD#3E03AD
HEX#3E03AD
RGBrgb(62, 3, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.0118, 0.6784
RGB percentages24.3%, 1.2%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(260.8, 96.6%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.8, 98.3%, 67.8%)
CMYK64.2%, 98.3%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,064,173
CSS custom property--colour: #3E03AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.53:1
Contrast with white11.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#C1FC52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003EB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0034AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004564no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.4Medium blue · ΔE 18.9Navy · ΔE 19.1Blue violet · ΔE 20.7Indigo · ΔE 22.6Dark violet · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72AD03
Analogous#031DAD, #9303AD
Triadic#AD3E03, #03AD3E
Split complementary#AD9303, #1DAD03
Tetradic#AD031D, #72AD03, #03AD93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AB7FFD
Lighter +30%#8A4DFC
Lighter +20%#691BFB
Lighter +10%#5004DF
Darker −10%#2C027B
Darker −20%#1A0149
Darker −30%#080017
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3D00B0
Less saturated −25%#451997

Channel breakdown

R62
G3
B173
Red62 (24.3%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue260.82°
Saturation (HSL)96.59%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 03 · B AD

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