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Colour

#3E159B

  • #3E159B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#3E159B is a violet with RGB values 62, 21, 155 and HSL 258°, 76%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3E159B#3E159B
HEX#3E159B
RGBrgb(62, 21, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.0824, 0.6078
RGB percentages24.3%, 8.2%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(258.4, 76.1%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 86.5%, 60.8%)
CMYK60%, 86.5%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,068,763
CSS custom property--colour: #3E159B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#C1EA64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003499no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#04405Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 9.8Navy · ΔE 11Indigo · ΔE 11.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.9Dark orchid · ΔE 24.9Midnight blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#729B15
Analogous#152F9B, #81159B
Triadic#9B3E15, #159B3E
Split complementary#9B8115, #2F9B15
Tetradic#9B152F, #729B15, #159B81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AB8DEF
Lighter +30%#8A60E9
Lighter +20%#6933E3
Lighter +10%#501BC8
Darker −10%#2C0F6E
Darker −20%#1A0941
Darker −30%#080314
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3600B0
Less saturated −25%#472B85

Channel breakdown

R62
G21
B155
Red62 (24.3%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue258.36°
Saturation (HSL)76.14%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 15 · B 9B

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