#3b144e

Color #3b144e

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.57 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#3b144e

RGB

rgb(59, 20, 78)

HSL

hsl(280.3, 59.2%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.3, 74.4%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(15.38, 29.94, -27.54)

LCH

lch(15.38, 40.68, 317.39)

OKLCH

oklch(28.4%, 0.1054, 312.5)

HWB

hwb(280.3, 7.8%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#274e14

Analogous

#1e144e

#3b144e

#4e1444

Triadic

#3b144e

#4e3b14

#144e3b

Split-complementary

#3b144e

#444e14

#144e1e

Tetradic

#3b144e

#4e1427

#274e14

#144e3b

Square

#3b144e

#4e1e14

#274e14

#14444e

Shades

Color #3b144e mixed toward black.

#311141

#270d34

#1d0a27

#14071a

#0a030d

Tints

Color #3b144e mixed toward white.

#642285

#8e30bb

#ad5bd5

#c892e3

#e4c8f1

Tones

Color #3b144e mixed toward gray.

#391949

#381e44

#36223f

#34273b

#332c36

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.4:1

White text reads better on this background (15.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2e2e45 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#303343 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#3a3d3b · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b144e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b144e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#3b144e (#3b144e) is rgb(59, 20, 78) in RGB.

No, #3b144e 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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