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Colour

#38006F

  • #38006F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#38006F is a violet with RGB values 56, 0, 111 and HSL 270°, 100%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#38006F#38006F
HEX#38006F
RGBrgb(56, 0, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0, 0.4353
RGB percentages22%, 0%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(270.3, 100%, 21.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 100%, 43.5%)
CMYK49.5%, 100%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,670,127
CSS custom property--colour: #38006F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#141414
Inverted#C7FF90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002772no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#00256Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#28273Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.9Midnight blue · ΔE 13.7Navy · ΔE 15.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.8Dark blue · ΔE 19.8Purple · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#376F00
Analogous#00006F, #6F006F
Triadic#6F3800, #006F38
Split complementary#6F6F00, #006F00
Tetradic#6F0000, #376F00, #006F6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9E3CFF
Lighter +30%#8509FF
Lighter +20%#6B00D5
Lighter +10%#5200A2
Darker −10%#1E003C
Darker −20%#050009
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#38006F
Less saturated −25%#380E61

Channel breakdown

R56
G0
B111
Red56 (22%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue270.27°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness21.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 00 · B 6F

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