Recognised as Colour

#3E0977

#3E0977
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#3E0977 is a violet with RGB values 62, 9, 119 and HSL 269°, 86%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#3E0977

RGBrgb(62, 9, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.0353, 0.4667

RGB percentages24.3%, 3.5%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(268.9, 85.9%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.9, 92.4%, 46.7%)

CMYK47.9%, 92.4%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,065,655

CSS custom property--colour: #3E0977;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.9:1

Contrast with white13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#C1F688

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002D7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#002B75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#2E2D44no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 13.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.2 Navy · ΔE 15.6 Dark blue · ΔE 19.5 Purple · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#427709

Analogous#090B77, #750977

Triadic#773E09, #09773E

Split complementary#777509, #0B7709

Tetradic#77090B, #427709, #097775

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A35AF2

Lighter +30%#892AEF

Lighter +20%#6F10D6

Lighter +10%#570DA6

Darker −10%#250548

Darker −20%#0D0218

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3E0080

Less saturated −25%#3F1967

Channel breakdown

R62

B119

Red62 (24.3%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue268.91°

Saturation (HSL)85.94%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3E · G 09 · B 77

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