Recognised as Colour
#38028D
- #38028D
- Violet
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark blue
#38028D is a violet with RGB values 56, 2, 141 and HSL 263°, 97%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.
Colour values
#38028D#38028D
HEX#38028D
RGBrgb(56, 2, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.0078, 0.5529
RGB percentages22%, 0.8%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(263.3, 97.2%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 98.6%, 55.3%)
CMYK60.3%, 98.6%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,670,669
CSS custom property--colour: #38028D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.02807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.45:1
Contrast with white13.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#181818
Inverted#C7FD72
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#578D02
Analogous#02118D, #7E028D
Triadic#8D3802, #028D38
Split complementary#8D7E02, #118D02
Tetradic#8D0211, #578D02, #028D7E
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R56
G2
B141
Red56 (22%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue263.31°
Saturation (HSL)97.2%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 02 · B 8D
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