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Recognised as Colour

#300F38

  • #300F38
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#300F38 is a violet with RGB values 48, 15, 56 and HSL 288°, 58%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#300F38#300F38
HEX#300F38
RGBrgb(48, 15, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.0588, 0.2196
RGB percentages18.8%, 5.9%, 22%
HSLhsl(288.3, 57.7%, 13.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.3, 73.2%, 22%)
CMYK14.3%, 73.2%, 0%, 78%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,149,624
CSS custom property--colour: #300F38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness34.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.79:1
Contrast with white16.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#CFF0C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#051B39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#121F37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#301621no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.3Midnight blue · ΔE 31.6Black · ΔE 32.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 40.1Purple · ΔE 43.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 44.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 30.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#17380F
Analogous#1B0F38, #380F2C
Triadic#38300F, #0F3830
Split complementary#2C380F, #0F381B
Tetradic#381B0F, #17380F, #0F2C38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B346CD
Lighter +30%#972FB1
Lighter +20%#752588
Lighter +10%#521A60
Darker −10%#0E0410
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#350641
Less saturated −25%#2B182F

Channel breakdown

R48
G15
B56
Red48 (18.8%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue288.29°
Saturation (HSL)57.75%
Lightness13.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 30 · G 0F · B 38

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