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Colour

#3E117F

  • #3E117F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#3E117F is a violet with RGB values 62, 17, 127 and HSL 265°, 76%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3E117F#3E117F
HEX#3E117F
RGBrgb(62, 17, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.0667, 0.498
RGB percentages24.3%, 6.7%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(264.5, 76.4%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 86.6%, 49.8%)
CMYK51.2%, 86.6%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,067,711
CSS custom property--colour: #3E117F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.2:1
Contrast with white13.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#C1EE80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003182no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#002E7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#29334Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.1Midnight blue · ΔE 13.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.2Navy · ΔE 14.3Dark blue · ΔE 18Purple · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#527F11
Analogous#111B7F, #75117F
Triadic#7F3E11, #117F3E
Split complementary#7F7511, #1B7F11
Tetradic#7F111B, #527F11, #117F75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A370EC
Lighter +30%#8643E6
Lighter +20%#6A1DD9
Lighter +10%#5417AC
Darker −10%#280B52
Darker −20%#120525
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B0090
Less saturated −25%#41236D

Channel breakdown

R62
G17
B127
Red62 (24.3%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue264.55°
Saturation (HSL)76.39%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 11 · B 7F

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