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#3F00A3 — Vivid Purple

#3F00A3 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Indigo (#4B0082). It belongs to the purple family.

#3F00A3 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 #65A300; it also sits naturally between #0013A3 and #9000A3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#3F00A3 · RGB 63, 0, 163

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Color values

HEX#3F00A3
RGB63, 0, 163
HSL263°, 100%, 32%
HSV263°, 100%, 64%
CMYK61%, 100%, 0%, 36%
XYZ8.66, 3.70, 34.91
Yxy3.70, 0.1832, 0.0783
CIE-Lab22.66, 58.37, -70.23
Hunter Lab19.24, 48.48, -98.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 25% · Green 0% · Blue 64%

Cyan 61% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 36%

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

Previews

Sample text in #3F00A3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #3F00A3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #3F00A3

.text { color: #3F00A3; }
.background { background-color: #3F00A3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #3F00A3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(63, 0, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(263, 100%, 32%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #3F00A3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(63, 0, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #3F00A3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(63, 0, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#3F00A3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#3F00A3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #3F00A3

#390094#330085#2F007A#29006B#23005C#1D004D#17003D#140033#0E0024#080014

Tints of #3F00A3

#4A00C2#5800E6#6505FF#7B29FF#8E47FF#A166FF#B78AFF#CAA8FF#E0CCFF#F2EBFF

Tones of #3F00A3

#410B98#44188C#472380#492F75#4C3A69#4F465D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #65A300:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text12.07:1 AAA
Against black text1.74:1 Fails

Best text color on #3F00A3: #FFFFFF.

How #3F00A3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #24237CDeuteranopia · #272C72Tritanopia · #3C5C56

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 #3F00A3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 450693
#450693 · #8C00FF · #FF3F7F · #FFC400
Silent Drift
#11AE94 · #1984C0 · #0B1B9F · #4B109E
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2
Silent Ruby Marble
#10B4BE · #10457E · #1719BC · #4F0F9C
Rustic Aurora
#11AB71 · #0E6173 · #3F69DE · #3F179E
Crystal Lagoon
#5BE0E2 · #1D67E4 · #3917A7 · #C725E5

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #3F00A2  ·  #3F00A4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #3F00A3?

#3F00A3 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 63, 0, 163). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #3F00A3?

#3F00A3 is RGB 63, 0, 163 — HSL 263°, 100%, 32% — CMYK 61%, 100%, 0%, 36%.

What colors go with #3F00A3?

Its complement is #65A300; analogous partners are #0013A3 and #9000A3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #3F00A3 for text?

White text on #3F00A3 has a contrast ratio of 12.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.74:1.