Colour

#3F0098

#3F0098
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#3F0098 is a violet with RGB values 63, 0, 152 and HSL 265°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3F0098#3F0098

HEX#3F0098

RGBrgb(63, 0, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0, 0.5961

RGB percentages24.7%, 0%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(264.9, 100%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.9, 100%, 59.6%)

CMYK58.6%, 100%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,128,920

CSS custom property--colour: #3F0098;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.61:1

Contrast with white12.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#C0FF67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00369Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Tritanopia#123A57no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 8.9 Navy · ΔE 11.8 Indigo · ΔE 13.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.4 Blue violet · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#599800

Analogous#000D98, #8B0098

Triadic#983F00, #00983F

Split complementary#988B00, #0D9800

Tetradic#98000D, #599800, #00988B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A565FF

Lighter +30%#8732FF

Lighter +20%#6900FE

Lighter +10%#5400CB

Darker −10%#2A0065

Darker −20%#150032

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F0098

Less saturated −25%#421385

Channel breakdown

R63

B152

Red63 (24.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue264.87°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3F · G 00 · B 98

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