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Recognised as Colour

#3E0978

  • #3E0978
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#3E0978 is a violet with RGB values 62, 9, 120 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

#3E0978#3E0978
HEX#3E0978
RGBrgb(62, 9, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.0353, 0.4706
RGB percentages24.3%, 3.5%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(268.6, 86%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.6, 92.5%, 47.1%)
CMYK48.3%, 92.5%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,065,656
CSS custom property--colour: #3E0978;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.86:1
Contrast with white13.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#C1F687

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002D7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#002B76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#2D2D45no 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 text13.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.2Midnight blue · ΔE 14Navy · ΔE 15.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.3Dark blue · ΔE 19Purple · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#437809
Analogous#090B78, #760978
Triadic#783E09, #09783E
Split complementary#787609, #0B7809
Tetradic#78090B, #437809, #097876

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A35AF3
Lighter +30%#892BEF
Lighter +20%#6F10D7
Lighter +10%#570DA7
Darker −10%#250549
Darker −20%#0D0219
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3E0081
Less saturated −25%#3F1968

Channel breakdown

R62
G9
B120
Red62 (24.3%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue268.65°
Saturation (HSL)86.05%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 09 · B 78

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