Colour

#322A38

#322A38
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#322A38 is a violet with RGB values 50, 42, 56 and HSL 274°, 14%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#322A38#322A38

HEX#322A38

RGBrgb(50, 42, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.1647, 0.2196

RGB percentages19.6%, 16.5%, 22%

HSLhsl(274.3, 14.3%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 25%, 22%)

CMYK10.7%, 25%, 0%, 78%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,287,608

CSS custom property--colour: #322A38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness46.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.78:1

Contrast with white13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#CDD5C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#282D39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#292D38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Tritanopia#312C2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 23 Dim grey · ΔE 27.9 Slate grey · ΔE 35.7 Gray · ΔE 36.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 38.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#30382A

Analogous#2B2A38, #382A37

Triadic#38322A, #2A3832

Split complementary#37382A, #2A382B

Tetradic#382B2A, #30382A, #2A3738

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#9988A6

Lighter +30%#806C8F

Lighter +20%#665672

Lighter +10%#4C4055

Darker −10%#18141B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#341E44

Less saturated −25%#313131

Channel breakdown

R50

G42

B56

Red50 (19.6%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue274.29°

Saturation (HSL)14.29%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 32 · G 2A · B 38

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