Recognised as Colour

#3800BD

#3800BD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#3800BD is a violet with RGB values 56, 0, 189 and HSL 258°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#3800BD#3800BD

HEX#3800BD

RGBrgb(56, 0, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0, 0.7412

RGB percentages22%, 0%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(257.8, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.8, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK70.4%, 100%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,670,205

CSS custom property--colour: #3800BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.04:1

Contrast with white11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#C7FF42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0042C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Tritanopia#004C6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 10.5 Blue violet · ΔE 19 Dark blue · ΔE 21.6 Dark violet · ΔE 21.7 Navy · ΔE 26.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 10.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#85BD00

Analogous#0026BD, #9700BD

Triadic#BD3800, #00BD38

Split complementary#BD9600, #27BD00

Tetradic#BD0026, #85BD00, #00BD97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AD8AFF

Lighter +30%#8957FF

Lighter +20%#6524FF

Lighter +10%#4700F0

Darker −10%#29008A

Darker −20%#1A0057

Darker −30%#0B0024

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3800BD

Less saturated −25%#4218A5

Channel breakdown

R56

B189

Red56 (22%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue257.78°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 00 · B BD

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