Recognised as Colour

#3F0499

#3F0499
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#3F0499 is a violet with RGB values 63, 4, 153 and HSL 264°, 95%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3F0499#3F0499

HEX#3F0499

RGBrgb(63, 4, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.0157, 0.6

RGB percentages24.7%, 1.6%, 60%

HSLhsl(263.8, 94.9%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.8, 97.4%, 60%)

CMYK58.8%, 97.4%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,129,945

CSS custom property--colour: #3F0499;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness62.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.44:1

Contrast with white12.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#C0FB66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00379Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#003097no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Tritanopia#103B58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 8.9 Navy · ΔE 11.6 Indigo · ΔE 12.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.8 Blue violet · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E9904

Analogous#041499, #890499

Triadic#993F04, #04993F

Split complementary#998904, #149904

Tetradic#990414, #5E9904, #049989

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A66EFB

Lighter +30%#873CFA

Lighter +20%#690AF9

Lighter +10%#5305CB

Darker −10%#2B0367

Darker −20%#160136

Darker −30%#020004

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3E009D

Less saturated −25%#431885

Channel breakdown

R63

B153

Red63 (24.7%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue263.76°

Saturation (HSL)94.9%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3F · G 04 · B 99

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#3F0499

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else