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Recognised as Colour

#3E296D

  • #3E296D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#3E296D is a violet with RGB values 62, 41, 109 and HSL 259°, 45%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#3E296D#3E296D
HEX#3E296D
RGBrgb(62, 41, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.1608, 0.4275
RGB percentages24.3%, 16.1%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(258.5, 45.3%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 62.4%, 42.7%)
CMYK43.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,073,837
CSS custom property--colour: #3E296D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.05:1
Contrast with white12.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#C1D692

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00376Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#06356Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#323846no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10Midnight blue · ΔE 15.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7Indigo · ΔE 30Slate blue · ΔE 32.5Purple · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#586D29
Analogous#29366D, #60296D
Triadic#6D3E29, #296D3E
Split complementary#6D6029, #366D29
Tetradic#6D2936, #586D29, #296D60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A38ED4
Lighter +30%#8669C6
Lighter +20%#6845B7
Lighter +10%#533792
Darker −10%#291B48
Darker −20%#140D23
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#371680
Less saturated −25%#453C5A

Channel breakdown

R62
G41
B109
Red62 (24.3%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue258.53°
Saturation (HSL)45.33%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 29 · B 6D

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