Recognised as Colour

#3F1677

#3F1677
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#3F1677 is a violet with RGB values 63, 22, 119 and HSL 265°, 69%, 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 Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#3F1677

RGBrgb(63, 22, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.0863, 0.4667

RGB percentages24.7%, 8.6%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(265.4, 68.8%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.4, 81.5%, 46.7%)

CMYK47.1%, 81.5%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,134,519

CSS custom property--colour: #3F1677;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.19:1

Contrast with white13.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#C0E988

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00317Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Tritanopia#2F3146no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10 Indigo · ΔE 12.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.9 Navy · ΔE 19.9 Purple · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E7716

Analogous#161D77, #701677

Triadic#773F16, #16773F

Split complementary#777016, #1E7716

Tetradic#77161D, #4E7716, #167770

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A474E5

Lighter +30%#8849DD

Lighter +20%#6D26CD

Lighter +10%#561EA2

Darker −10%#280E4C

Darker −20%#110621

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3C0489

Less saturated −25%#422865

Channel breakdown

R63

G22

B119

Red63 (24.7%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue265.36°

Saturation (HSL)68.79%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3F · G 16 · B 77

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