#3b197d

Color #3b197d

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 9.74 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#3b197d

RGB

rgb(59, 25, 125)

HSL

hsl(260.4, 66.7%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.4, 80%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.8%, 80%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(20.46, 40.27, -50.23)

LCH

lch(20.46, 64.38, 308.72)

OKLCH

oklch(33.3%, 0.1545, 290.97)

HWB

hwb(260.4, 9.8%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b7d19

Analogous

#19297d

#3b197d

#6d197d

Triadic

#3b197d

#7d3b19

#197d3b

Split-complementary

#3b197d

#7d6d19

#297d19

Tetradic

#3b197d

#7d195b

#5b7d19

#197d3b

Square

#3b197d

#7d1929

#5b7d19

#197d6d

Shades

Color #3b197d mixed toward black.

#311568

#271153

#1d0c3e

#14082a

#0a0415

Tints

Color #3b197d mixed toward white.

#5323af

#6d37d7

#9269e1

#b69beb

#dbcdf5

Tones

Color #3b197d mixed toward gray.

#3e2175

#402a6c

#433264

#463a5c

#484353

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.62:1

White text reads better on this background (12.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#302f6f · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#31336b · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#3a615e · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#313131 · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b197d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b197d]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#3b197d (#3b197d) is rgb(59, 25, 125) in RGB.

No, #3b197d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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