#3b00a9

Color #3b00a9

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 13.17 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#3b00a9

RGB

rgb(59, 0, 169)

HSL

hsl(260.9, 100%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.9, 100%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.1%, 100%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(22.98, 59.58, -73.35)

LCH

lch(22.98, 94.5, 309.09)

OKLCH

oklch(36.4%, 0.2165, 282.57)

HWB

hwb(260.9, 0%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ea900

Analogous

#001aa9

#3b00a9

#8f00a9

Triadic

#3b00a9

#a93b00

#00a93b

Split-complementary

#3b00a9

#a98f00

#1aa900

Tetradic

#3b00a9

#a9006e

#6ea900

#00a93b

Square

#3b00a9

#a9001a

#6ea900

#00a98f

Shades

Color #3b00a9 mixed toward black.

#31008d

#270071

#1d0054

#140038

#0a001c

Tints

Color #3b00a9 mixed toward white.

#4f00e2

#6b1cff

#9054ff

#b58dff

#dac6ff

Tones

Color #3b00a9 mixed toward gray.

#3f0e9b

#431c8d

#482a7f

#4c3871

#504662

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.76:1

White text reads better on this background (11.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2c2b95 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#2e3190 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#39827e · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 30.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #3b00a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b00a9]

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

#3b00a9 (#3b00a9) is rgb(59, 0, 169) in RGB.

No, #3b00a9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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