Recognised as Colour

#3800A7

#3800A7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#3800A7 is a violet with RGB values 56, 0, 167 and HSL 260°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#3800A7

RGBrgb(56, 0, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0, 0.6549

RGB percentages22%, 0%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(260.1, 100%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.1, 100%, 65.5%)

CMYK66.5%, 100%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,670,183

CSS custom property--colour: #3800A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.17:1

Contrast with white12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#C7FF58

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003AABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0030A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Tritanopia#004260no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.3 Navy · ΔE 17 Medium blue · ΔE 20.3 Indigo · ΔE 21.2 Blue violet · ΔE 22.6 Dark violet · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6FA700

Analogous#001BA7, #8B00A7

Triadic#A73800, #00A738

Split complementary#A78C00, #1BA700

Tetradic#A7001B, #6FA700, #00A78C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A374FF

Lighter +30%#8141FF

Lighter +20%#5F0EFF

Lighter +10%#4900DA

Darker −10%#270074

Darker −20%#160041

Darker −30%#05000E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3800A7

Less saturated −25%#3F1592

Channel breakdown

R56

B167

Red56 (22%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue260.12°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 00 · B A7

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