#3e0051

Color #3e0051

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 18.57 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#3e0051

RGB

rgb(62, 0, 81)

HSL

hsl(285.9, 100%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.9, 100%, 31.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 100%, 0%, 68.2%)

LAB

lab(13.34, 39.42, -32.87)

LCH

lch(13.34, 51.33, 320.18)

OKLCH

oklch(27.1%, 0.1331, 315.67)

HWB

hwb(285.9, 0%, 68.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#135100

Analogous

#150051

#3e0051

#51003c

Triadic

#3e0051

#513e00

#00513e

Split-complementary

#3e0051

#3c5100

#005115

Tetradic

#3e0051

#510013

#135100

#00513e

Square

#3e0051

#511500

#135100

#003c51

Shades

Color #3e0051 mixed toward black.

#340044

#290036

#1f0029

#15001b

#0a000e

Tints

Color #3e0051 mixed toward white.

#750099

#ab00e0

#cd29ff

#dd70ff

#eeb8ff

Tones

Color #3e0051 mixed toward gray.

#3a074a

#370e44

#33143d

#301b36

#2c222f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.32:1

White text reads better on this background (15.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2e2e47 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#303444 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#3c3d3b · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#222222 · ΔE 24.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3e0051;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e0051]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#3e0051 (#3e0051) is rgb(62, 0, 81) in RGB.

No, #3e0051 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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