#3c204b

Color #3c204b

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.62 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#3c204b

RGB

rgb(60, 32, 75)

HSL

hsl(279.1, 40.2%, 21%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.1, 57.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 57.3%, 0%, 70.6%)

LAB

lab(17.93, 22.45, -21.42)

LCH

lch(17.93, 31.03, 316.34)

OKLCH

oklch(30.2%, 0.0812, 312.55)

HWB

hwb(279.1, 12.5%, 70.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2f4b20

Analogous

#27204b

#3c204b

#4b2045

Triadic

#3c204b

#4b3c20

#204b3c

Split-complementary

#3c204b

#454b20

#204b27

Tetradic

#3c204b

#4b202f

#2f4b20

#204b3c

Square

#3c204b

#4b2720

#2f4b20

#20454b

Shades

Color #3c204b mixed toward black.

#321b3f

#281532

#1e1026

#140b19

#0a050d

Tints

Color #3c204b mixed toward white.

#62347a

#8748a9

#a772c3

#c4a1d7

#e2d0eb

Tones

Color #3c204b mixed toward gray.

#3b2447

#3a2744

#392b40

#382e3d

#373239

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#323243 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#333541 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#3b3d3b · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3c204b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3c204b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#3c204b (#3c204b) is rgb(60, 32, 75) in RGB.

No, #3c204b 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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