Recognised as Colour

#3E275B

#3E275B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#3E275B is a violet with RGB values 62, 39, 91 and HSL 267°, 40%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#3E275B

RGBrgb(62, 39, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.1529, 0.3569

RGB percentages24.3%, 15.3%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(266.5, 40%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.5, 57.1%, 35.7%)

CMYK31.9%, 57.1%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,073,307

CSS custom property--colour: #3E275B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.76:1

Contrast with white12.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#C1D8A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#15325Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#1C325Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Tritanopia#38313Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 18 Midnight blue · ΔE 24.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.5 Purple · ΔE 38.1 Indigo · ΔE 38.7 Slate blue · ΔE 41.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#445B27

Analogous#272A5B, #58275B

Triadic#5B3E27, #275B3E

Split complementary#5B5827, #2A5B27

Tetradic#5B272A, #445B27, #275B58

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A384CA

Lighter +30%#8860BB

Lighter +20%#6F46A2

Lighter +10%#56367F

Darker −10%#261837

Darker −20%#0D0814

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3C176B

Less saturated −25%#40374B

Channel breakdown

R62

G39

B91

Red62 (24.3%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue266.54°

Saturation (HSL)40%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3E · G 27 · B 5B

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