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Recognised as Colour

#3F0CD2

  • #3F0CD2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#3F0CD2 is a violet with RGB values 63, 12, 210 and HSL 255°, 89%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3F0CD2#3F0CD2
HEX#3F0CD2
RGBrgb(63, 12, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.0471, 0.8235
RGB percentages24.7%, 4.7%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(255.5, 89.2%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.5, 94.3%, 82.4%)
CMYK70%, 94.3%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,132,050
CSS custom property--colour: #3F0CD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.57:1
Contrast with white9.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#C0F32D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00577Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.2Blue violet · ΔE 17.9Dark violet · ΔE 21.5Blue · ΔE 24.1Dark blue · ΔE 29Dark orchid · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FD20C
Analogous#0C3CD2, #A20CD2
Triadic#D23F0C, #0CD23F
Split complementary#D2A20C, #3CD20C
Tetradic#D20C3C, #9FD20C, #0CD2A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3B0FA
Lighter +30%#9E7FF8
Lighter +20%#7A4FF5
Lighter +10%#551FF2
Darker −10%#3109A2
Darker −20%#220672
Darker −30%#140441
Darker −40%#050111
More saturated +25%#3900DE
Less saturated −25%#4C28B6

Channel breakdown

R63
G12
B210
Red63 (24.7%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue255.45°
Saturation (HSL)89.19%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3F · G 0C · B D2

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