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Recognised as Colour

#3E05DC

  • #3E05DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3E05DC is a violet with RGB values 62, 5, 220 and HSL 256°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3E05DC#3E05DC
HEX#3E05DC
RGBrgb(62, 5, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.0196, 0.8627
RGB percentages24.3%, 2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(255.9, 95.6%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.9, 97.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK71.8%, 97.7%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,064,732
CSS custom property--colour: #3E05DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#C1FA23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003ED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#005A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.4Blue · ΔE 18.4Blue violet · ΔE 20.6Dark violet · ΔE 23.7Dark blue · ΔE 34.4Dark orchid · ΔE 34.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3DC05
Analogous#0537DC, #AA05DC
Triadic#DC3E05, #05DC3E
Split complementary#DCAA05, #37DC05
Tetradic#DC0537, #A3DC05, #05DCAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4B0FD
Lighter +30%#9F7EFC
Lighter +20%#7A4CFB
Lighter +10%#551AFA
Darker −10%#3004AA
Darker −20%#220378
Darker −30%#140246
Darker −40%#060015
More saturated +25%#3C00E1
Less saturated −25%#4B21C0

Channel breakdown

R62
G5
B220
Red62 (24.3%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue255.91°
Saturation (HSL)95.56%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 05 · B DC

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