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Recognised as Colour

#3E237C

  • #3E237C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#3E237C is a violet with RGB values 62, 35, 124 and HSL 258°, 56%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#3E237C#3E237C
HEX#3E237C
RGBrgb(62, 35, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.1373, 0.4863
RGB percentages24.3%, 13.7%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(258.2, 56%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.2, 71.8%, 48.6%)
CMYK50%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,072,316
CSS custom property--colour: #3E237C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.09:1
Contrast with white12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#C1DC83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00377Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#00347Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#2A3A4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 13Indigo · ΔE 18.1Navy · ΔE 24.3Slate blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#617C23
Analogous#23357C, #6A237C
Triadic#7C3E23, #237C3E
Split complementary#7C6A23, #357C23
Tetradic#7C2335, #617C23, #237C6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A58CDF
Lighter +30%#8665D3
Lighter +20%#673DC8
Lighter +10%#522EA4
Darker −10%#2A1854
Darker −20%#160D2C
Darker −30%#020105
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#360F90
Less saturated −25%#463768

Channel breakdown

R62
G35
B124
Red62 (24.3%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue258.2°
Saturation (HSL)55.97%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 23 · B 7C

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