Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#37127D

  • #37127D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#37127D is a violet with RGB values 55, 18, 125 and HSL 261°, 75%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#37127D#37127D
HEX#37127D
RGBrgb(55, 18, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.0706, 0.4902
RGB percentages21.6%, 7.1%, 49%
HSLhsl(260.7, 74.8%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 85.6%, 49%)
CMYK56%, 85.6%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,609,213
CSS custom property--colour: #37127D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.59:1
Contrast with white13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#C8ED82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003080no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#002B7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#1B3349no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9Midnight blue · ΔE 12Navy · ΔE 14.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.1Dark blue · ΔE 18.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#587D12
Analogous#12227D, #6D127D
Triadic#7D3712, #127D37
Split complementary#7D6D12, #227D12
Tetradic#7D1222, #587D12, #127D6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9B71EA
Lighter +30%#7B44E4
Lighter +20%#5E1FD6
Lighter +10%#4B18AA
Darker −10%#230C50
Darker −20%#100524
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#31008F
Less saturated −25%#3D246B

Channel breakdown

R55
G18
B125
Red55 (21.6%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue260.75°
Saturation (HSL)74.83%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G 12 · B 7D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “37127d” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.