#3f0857

Color #3f0857

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 16.65 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#3f0857

RGB

rgb(63, 8, 87)

HSL

hsl(281.8, 83.2%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.8, 90.8%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 90.8%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(15.05, 37.96, -34.16)

LCH

lch(15.05, 51.07, 318.02)

OKLCH

oklch(28.5%, 0.1306, 312.11)

HWB

hwb(281.8, 3.1%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#205708

Analogous

#170857

#3f0857

#570847

Triadic

#3f0857

#573f08

#08573f

Split-complementary

#3f0857

#475708

#085717

Tetradic

#3f0857

#570820

#205708

#08573f

Square

#3f0857

#571708

#205708

#084757

Shades

Color #3f0857 mixed toward black.

#340748

#2a053a

#1f042b

#15031d

#0a010e

Tints

Color #3f0857 mixed toward white.

#6d0e96

#9b14d6

#b941ee

#d080f3

#e8c0f9

Tones

Color #3f0857 mixed toward gray.

#3c0f50

#3a154a

#371c43

#35223d

#322936

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.38:1

White text reads better on this background (15.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#302f4c · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#323549 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#3d4240 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 24.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3f0857;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3f0857]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#3f0857 (#3f0857) is rgb(63, 8, 87) in RGB.

No, #3f0857 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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