#3A2492

A dark, moderate blue closely aligning with Indigo.

About #3A2492

When working with digital screens, the color #3A2492 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Indigo. Its digital footprint relies on 58 parts red, 36 parts green, and 146 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 60% cyan and 75% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 252.0° hue, 60.4% saturation, and 35.7% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#3A2492
RGB58, 36, 146
HSL252.0°, 60.4%, 35.7%
CMYK60%, 75%, 0%, 43%
HSV252.0°, 75.3%, 57.3%
LAB24.4, 40.8, -56.9
XYZ7.6, 4.2, 27.6
Decimal3810450

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

11.37:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.85:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
10.87:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.57:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #3A2492; }
.text-color { color: #3A2492; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #3A2492; }

Similar Colors

Indigo
#4B0082