All About Color #3C159D

#3C159D

About #3C159D

#3C159D is a dark purple color with the hex code #3C159D. In RGB it is red 60, green 21, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 257°, saturation 76%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 62%, 87%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 11.76:1 on white and 1.79:1 on black.

#3C159D Color Conversion

Hex triplet3C, 15, 9D
CMYK61.78%, 86.62%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal60, 21, 157
HSL257°, 76%, 35%
RGB Octal74, 25, 235
HSV (HSB)257.21°, 86.62%, 61.57%
RGB Binary111100, 10101, 10011101
CIE-L*AB23.44, 51.08, -65.28
RGB Percent23.53%, 8.24%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH23.44, 82.88, 308.04
XYZ8.22, 3.93, 32.22
CIE-L*UV23.44, 0.84, -76.92
xyY0.19, 0.09, 3.93
Hunter-Lab19.83, 39.28, -82.48
RYB23.53%, 8.24%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#3C159D on a dark background: contrast 1.79:1, fails WCAG AA.
#3C159D on a light background: contrast 11.76:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #3C159D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #3C159D. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#3C159D · #602CE2 · #1D0A4C · #779D15 · #AFE22C

Analogous palette

#15779D · #15339D · #3C159D · #80159D · #9D1577

Triadic palette

#3C159D · #9D3C15 · #159D3C · #602CE2 · #E2602C

Tetradic palette

#3C159D · #9D1533 · #779D15 · #159D80 · #1D0A4C

Monochromatic palette

#090316 · #220C5A · #3C159D · #561FE0 · #8862EA

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