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Recognised as Colour

#37098C

  • #37098C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#37098C is a violet with RGB values 55, 9, 140 and HSL 261°, 88%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#37098C#37098C
HEX#37098C
RGBrgb(55, 9, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.0353, 0.549
RGB percentages21.6%, 3.5%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(261.1, 87.9%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.1, 93.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK60.7%, 93.6%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,606,924
CSS custom property--colour: #37098C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.29:1
Contrast with white13.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#C8F673

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00338Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#002C8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#033751no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 8Indigo · ΔE 8Dark blue · ΔE 9.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.4Midnight blue · ΔE 21.8Purple · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E8C09
Analogous#091D8C, #79098C
Triadic#8C3709, #098C37
Split complementary#8C7809, #1D8C09
Tetradic#8C091D, #5E8C09, #098C78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9C6BF6
Lighter +30%#7C3CF2
Lighter +20%#5D0FEC
Lighter +10%#4A0CBC
Darker −10%#24065C
Darker −20%#11032C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#340095
Less saturated −25%#3D1C79

Channel breakdown

R55
G9
B140
Red55 (21.6%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue261.07°
Saturation (HSL)87.92%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G 09 · B 8C

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