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Recognised as Colour

#3E297D

  • #3E297D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#3E297D is a violet with RGB values 62, 41, 125 and HSL 255°, 51%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#3E297D#3E297D
HEX#3E297D
RGBrgb(62, 41, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.1608, 0.4902
RGB percentages24.3%, 16.1%, 49%
HSLhsl(255, 50.6%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 67.2%, 49%)
CMYK50.4%, 67.2%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,073,853
CSS custom property--colour: #3E297D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.55:1
Contrast with white11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#C1D682

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003B80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#00377Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#293D4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 9.4Midnight blue · ΔE 9.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.3Indigo · ΔE 21.9Slate blue · ΔE 25.5Navy · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#687D29
Analogous#293E7D, #68297D
Triadic#7D3E29, #297D3E
Split complementary#7D6829, #3E7D29
Tetradic#7D293E, #687D29, #297D68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A796DC
Lighter +30%#876FD0
Lighter +20%#6749C3
Lighter +10%#5136A3
Darker −10%#2B1C57
Darker −20%#181030
Darker −30%#05030A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#341492
Less saturated −25%#483E68

Channel breakdown

R62
G41
B125
Red62 (24.3%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)50.6%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3E · G 29 · B 7D

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