Recognised as Colour

#37264D

#37264D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#37264D is a violet with RGB values 55, 38, 77 and HSL 266°, 34%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#37264D#37264D

HEX#37264D

RGBrgb(55, 38, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.149, 0.302

RGB percentages21.6%, 14.9%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(266.2, 33.9%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.2, 50.6%, 30.2%)

CMYK28.6%, 50.6%, 0%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,614,285

CSS custom property--colour: #37264D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.58:1

Contrast with white13.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#C8D9B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1B2E4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#1F2E4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Tritanopia#332D35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 31.9 Black · ΔE 33.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.1 Dim grey · ΔE 37.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 25.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C4D26

Analogous#26284D, #4A264D

Triadic#4D3726, #264D37

Split complementary#4D4B26, #284D26

Tetradic#4D2628, #3C4D26, #264D4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9B7FC0

Lighter +30%#815DAF

Lighter +20%#684891

Lighter +10%#4F376F

Darker −10%#1F152B

Darker −20%#060409

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#35185B

Less saturated −25%#39343F

Channel breakdown

R55

G38

B77

Red55 (21.6%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue266.15°

Saturation (HSL)33.91%

Lightness22.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 37 · G 26 · B 4D

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