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#3F00A0 — Vivid Purple

#3F00A0 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Indigo (#4B0082). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: indigo (#4B0082) — not an exact match. CSS indigo gives you #4B0082, a different color; use #3F00A0 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#3F00A0 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #5F9E00; it also sits naturally between #00109E and #8E009E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#3F00A0 · RGB 63, 0, 160

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Color values

HEX#3F00A0
RGB63, 0, 160
HSL264°, 100%, 31%
HSV264°, 100%, 63%
CMYK61%, 100%, 0%, 37%
XYZ8.40, 3.59, 33.51
Yxy3.59, 0.1845, 0.0790
CIE-Lab22.28, 57.65, -69.02
Hunter Lab18.96, 47.61, -96.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 25% · Green 0% · Blue 63%

Cyan 61% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 37%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #3F00A0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #3F00A0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #3F00A0

.text { color: #3F00A0; }
.background { background-color: #3F00A0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #3F00A0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(63, 0, 160); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(264, 100%, 31%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #3F00A0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(63, 0, 160, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #3F00A0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(63, 0, 160, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#3F00A0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#3F00A0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #3F00A0

#39008F#350085#2F0075#290066#25005C#1F004D#18003D#12002E#0E0024#080014

Tints of #3F00A0

#4E00C2#5A00E0#6905FF#7B24FF#9147FF#A366FF#B98AFF#CBA8FF#E0CCFF#F3EBFF

Tones of #3F00A0

#410B93#441787#46227C#482D71#4A3866#4D445A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5F9E00:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text12.22:1 AAA
Against black text1.72:1 Fails

Best text color on #3F00A0: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #3F00A0

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #3F00A0: ·

How #3F00A0 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #242379Deuteranopia · #272C70Tritanopia · #3C5B54

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7Material Indigo 500 · #3F51B5Tailwind indigo 600 · #4F46E5

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #3F00A0 rather than the exact color:

Palette 450693
#450693 · #8C00FF · #FF3F7F · #FFC400
Silent Drift
#11AE94 · #1984C0 · #0B1B9F · #4B109E
Silent Ruby Marble
#10B4BE · #10457E · #1719BC · #4F0F9C
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Rustic Aurora
#11AB71 · #0E6173 · #3F69DE · #3F179E
Rustic Canyon
#38179F · #9C74EB · #C1E650 · #E0F0BA

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#450693#4B109E#4F0F9C#471396#3F179E#38179F#3E15AC#3E0F8D#3917A7#431997#421B9B#3E1CA3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #3F009F  ·  #3F00A1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #3F00A0?

#3F00A0 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 63, 0, 160). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #3F00A0?

#3F00A0 is RGB 63, 0, 160 — HSL 264°, 100%, 31% — CMYK 61%, 100%, 0%, 37%.

What colors go with #3F00A0?

Its complement is #5F9E00; analogous partners are #00109E and #8E009E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #3F00A0 for text?

White text on #3F00A0 has a contrast ratio of 12.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.72:1.