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Recognised as Colour

#3F08AF

  • #3F08AF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#3F08AF is a violet with RGB values 63, 8, 175 and HSL 260°, 91%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3F08AF#3F08AF
HEX#3F08AF
RGBrgb(63, 8, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.0314, 0.6863
RGB percentages24.7%, 3.1%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(259.8, 91.3%, 35.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 95.4%, 68.6%)
CMYK64%, 95.4%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,130,991
CSS custom property--colour: #3F08AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#C0F750

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003FB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0035ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#004666no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.5Medium blue · ΔE 19Navy · ΔE 19.2Blue violet · ΔE 20.3Indigo · ΔE 22.6Dark violet · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78AF08
Analogous#0825AF, #9208AF
Triadic#AF3F08, #08AF3F
Split complementary#AF9208, #25AF08
Tetradic#AF0825, #78AF08, #08AF92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AE89FA
Lighter +30%#8D59F7
Lighter +20%#6B28F5
Lighter +10%#510AE0
Darker −10%#2D067E
Darker −20%#1C044D
Darker −30%#0A011D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3C00B7
Less saturated −25%#471F98

Channel breakdown

R63
G8
B175
Red63 (24.7%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue259.76°
Saturation (HSL)91.26%
Lightness35.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3F · G 08 · B AF

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