#3b055c

Color #3b055c

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 13.58 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#3b055c

RGB

rgb(59, 5, 92)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 89.7%, 19%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 94.6%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.9%, 94.6%, 0%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(14.46, 39.5, -38.53)

LCH

lch(14.46, 55.18, 315.71)

OKLCH

oklch(28.1%, 0.1371, 306.79)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 2%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#265c05

Analogous

#0f055c

#3b055c

#5c0551

Triadic

#3b055c

#5c3b05

#055c3b

Split-complementary

#3b055c

#515c05

#055c0f

Tetradic

#3b055c

#5c0526

#265c05

#055c3b

Square

#3b055c

#5c0f05

#265c05

#05515c

Shades

Color #3b055c mixed toward black.

#31044d

#27033d

#1d022e

#14021f

#0a010f

Tints

Color #3b055c mixed toward white.

#65099d

#8f0cdf

#ae3bf4

#c97cf8

#e4befb

Tones

Color #3b055c mixed toward gray.

#390c55

#37134d

#361b46

#34223f

#322938

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.36:1

White text reads better on this background (15.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2c2c51 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#2f314e · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#3a4643 · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b055c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b055c]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#3b055c (#3b055c) is rgb(59, 5, 92) in RGB.

No, #3b055c 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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