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Recognised as Colour

#3E207A

  • #3E207A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3E207A is a violet with RGB values 62, 32, 122 and HSL 260°, 58%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3E207A#3E207A
HEX#3E207A
RGBrgb(62, 32, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.1255, 0.4784
RGB percentages24.3%, 12.5%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(260, 58.4%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 73.8%, 47.8%)
CMYK49.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,071,546
CSS custom property--colour: #3E207A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness58.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.41:1
Contrast with white12.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#C1DF85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00357Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003278no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#2B374Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.2Indigo · ΔE 17.1Navy · ΔE 23.4Purple · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C7A20
Analogous#202F7A, #6B207A
Triadic#7A3E20, #207A3E
Split complementary#7A6B20, #2F7A20
Tetradic#7A202F, #5C7A20, #207A6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A487DF
Lighter +30%#865ED5
Lighter +20%#6736CA
Lighter +10%#532BA2
Darker −10%#291552
Darker −20%#150B29
Darker −30%#000001
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#380D8D
Less saturated −25%#443367

Channel breakdown

R62
G32
B122
Red62 (24.3%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)58.44%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 20 · B 7A

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