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Recognised as Colour

#3E138A

  • #3E138A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#3E138A is a violet with RGB values 62, 19, 138 and HSL 262°, 76%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3E138A#3E138A
HEX#3E138A
RGBrgb(62, 19, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.0745, 0.5412
RGB percentages24.3%, 7.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(261.7, 75.8%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 86.2%, 54.1%)
CMYK55.1%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,068,234
CSS custom property--colour: #3E138A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.61:1
Contrast with white12.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#C1EC75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00358Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#003088no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#203851no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 6.2Navy · ΔE 11.3Dark blue · ΔE 13.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.8Midnight blue · ΔE 17.7Purple · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 6.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5F8A13
Analogous#13248A, #79138A
Triadic#8A3E13, #138A3E
Split complementary#8A7A13, #238A13
Tetradic#8A1324, #5F8A13, #138A79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A57CED
Lighter +30%#864FE7
Lighter +20%#6722E1
Lighter +10%#5219B7
Darker −10%#2A0D5D
Darker −20%#160730
Darker −30%#020004
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#39009D
Less saturated −25%#432776

Channel breakdown

R62
G19
B138
Red62 (24.3%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue261.68°
Saturation (HSL)75.8%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 13 · B 8A

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