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Recognised as Colour

#3F117E

  • #3F117E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#3F117E is a violet with RGB values 63, 17, 126 and HSL 265°, 76%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#3F117E#3F117E
HEX#3F117E
RGBrgb(63, 17, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.0667, 0.4941
RGB percentages24.7%, 6.7%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(265.3, 76.2%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.3, 86.5%, 49.4%)
CMYK50%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,133,246
CSS custom property--colour: #3F117E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.18:1
Contrast with white13.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#C0EE81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003181no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#002E7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#2C3249no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.4Midnight blue · ΔE 13.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.9Navy · ΔE 15Dark blue · ΔE 18.6Purple · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#507E11
Analogous#111A7E, #75117E
Triadic#7E3F11, #117E3F
Split complementary#7E7511, #1A7E11
Tetradic#7E111A, #507E11, #117E75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A46FEC
Lighter +30%#8742E6
Lighter +20%#6C1DD8
Lighter +10%#5517AB
Darker −10%#290B51
Darker −20%#120524
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3C008F
Less saturated −25%#42236C

Channel breakdown

R63
G17
B126
Red63 (24.7%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue265.32°
Saturation (HSL)76.22%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 3F · G 11 · B 7E

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