Colour

#3F0060

#3F0060
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#3F0060 is a violet with RGB values 63, 0, 96 and HSL 279°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#3F0060

RGBrgb(63, 0, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0, 0.3765

RGB percentages24.7%, 0%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(279.4, 100%, 18.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.4, 100%, 37.6%)

CMYK34.4%, 100%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,128,864

CSS custom property--colour: #3F0060;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.21:1

Contrast with white15.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#C0FF9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002462no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#00265Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#391F35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.4 Indigo · ΔE 16.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.2 Purple · ΔE 22.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.1 Navy · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#216000

Analogous#0F0060, #600051

Triadic#603F00, #00603F

Split complementary#516000, #00600F

Tetradic#600F00, #216000, #005160

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B72DFF

Lighter +30%#A300F9

Lighter +20%#8200C6

Lighter +10%#600093

Darker −10%#1E002D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F0060

Less saturated −25%#3B0C54

Channel breakdown

R63

B96

Red63 (24.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue279.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness18.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3F · G 00 · B 60

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