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Recognised as Colour

#37254E

  • #37254E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#37254E is a violet with RGB values 55, 37, 78 and HSL 266°, 36%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#37254E#37254E
HEX#37254E
RGBrgb(55, 37, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.1451, 0.3059
RGB percentages21.6%, 14.5%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(266.3, 35.7%, 22.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 52.6%, 30.6%)
CMYK29.5%, 52.6%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,614,030
CSS custom property--colour: #37254E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness49 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.66:1
Contrast with white13.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#C8DAB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#192D4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D2D4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#332C35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5Midnight blue · ΔE 30.6Black · ΔE 34.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 37.7Dim grey · ΔE 38.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 24.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C4E25
Analogous#25274E, #4C254E
Triadic#4E3725, #254E37
Split complementary#4E4C25, #274E25
Tetradic#4E2527, #3C4E25, #254E4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9B7DC2
Lighter +30%#815BB1
Lighter +20%#684693
Lighter +10%#4F3571
Darker −10%#1F152B
Darker −20%#060409
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#35175C
Less saturated −25%#393340

Channel breakdown

R55
G37
B78
Red55 (21.6%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue266.34°
Saturation (HSL)35.65%
Lightness22.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G 25 · B 4E

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