Colour

#3F2E90

#3F2E90
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#3F2E90 is a blue with RGB values 63, 46, 144 and HSL 250°, 52%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#3F2E90#3F2E90

HEX#3F2E90

RGBrgb(63, 46, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.1804, 0.5647

RGB percentages24.7%, 18%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(250.4, 51.6%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(250.4, 68.1%, 56.5%)

CMYK56.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,140,688

CSS custom property--colour: #3F2E90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.47:1

Contrast with white10.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#C0D16F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004293no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003C8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#1A475Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 11.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.9 Indigo · ΔE 17.8 Slate blue · ΔE 19.5 Navy · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F902E

Analogous#2E4E90, #702E90

Triadic#903F2E, #2E903F

Split complementary#90702E, #4E902E

Tetradic#902E4E, #7F902E, #2E9070

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B1A7E3

Lighter +30%#8F80D7

Lighter +20%#6D5ACA

Lighter +10%#503AB7

Darker −10%#2E2269

Darker −20%#1D1543

Darker −30%#0C091C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F16A8

Less saturated −25%#4F4678

Channel breakdown

R63

G46

B144

Red63 (24.7%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue250.41°

Saturation (HSL)51.58%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3F · G 2E · B 90

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