Recognised as Colour

#37293A

#37293A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#37293A is a violet with RGB values 55, 41, 58 and HSL 289°, 17%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#37293A#37293A

HEX#37293A

RGBrgb(55, 41, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.1608, 0.2275

RGB percentages21.6%, 16.1%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(289.4, 17.2%, 19.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.4, 29.3%, 22.7%)

CMYK5.2%, 29.3%, 0%, 77.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,615,034

CSS custom property--colour: #37293A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.63:1

Contrast with white13.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#C8D6C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#272D3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A2E39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#372B2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 23 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.7 Dim grey · ΔE 28.8 Slate grey · ΔE 36.3 Gray · ΔE 37.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C3A29

Analogous#2F293A, #3A2934

Triadic#3A3729, #293A37

Split complementary#353A29, #293A2F

Tetradic#3A2F29, #2C3A29, #29343A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A386A9

Lighter +30%#8C6894

Lighter +20%#705376

Lighter +10%#533E58

Darker −10%#1B141C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F1D46

Less saturated −25%#323232

Channel breakdown

R55

G41

B58

Red55 (21.6%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue289.41°

Saturation (HSL)17.17%

Lightness19.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 37 · G 29 · B 3A

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