Information about Strong Blue Violet color

#3F00A8 - Strong Blue Violet color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#3F00A8, known as "Strong Blue Violet", falls into the Violet Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(63, 0, 168) — 24.7% red, 0% green, 65.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 41 / 66 / 0 / 34. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#3F00A8 is a pure, full-strength twilight violet that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to RRAGZ (#460C9D). Slightly further away sit Strong Indigo (#2A00A8) and Strong Violet (#5400A8).

In RGB terms — rgb(63, 0, 168) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #3F00A8: 11.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for black. The name "Strong Blue Violet" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Strong Blue Violet color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Strong Blue Violet color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

Strong Blue Violet color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

Strong Blue Violet color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to Strong Blue Violet

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Strong Blue Violet color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#3F00A8
  • RGB63, 0, 168
  • CMYK41, 66, 0, 34
  • CSSrgb(63, 0, 168)
  • HSL263°, 100%, 33%
  • HSL Precise262.5°, 100%, 32.941%
  • HSV263°, 100%, 66%
  • HSB263°, 100%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.247
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • GLSLvec3(0.247, 0.000, 0.659)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.247, 0.000, 0.659, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.247, 0.000, 0.659)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB24.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB65.9%
  • Color Family (Hue)Violet
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID3F00A8
  • DECIMAL ID4128936
  • Name Length18
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