Recognised as Colour

#38039B

#38039B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#38039B is a violet with RGB values 56, 3, 155 and HSL 261°, 96%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#38039B#38039B

HEX#38039B

RGBrgb(56, 3, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.0118, 0.6078

RGB percentages22%, 1.2%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(260.9, 96.2%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 98.1%, 60.8%)

CMYK63.9%, 98.1%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,670,939

CSS custom property--colour: #38039B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.69:1

Contrast with white12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#C7FC64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00379Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#002E99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Tritanopia#003D59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 8 Navy · ΔE 11.7 Indigo · ΔE 15.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.6 Blue violet · ΔE 26.5 Medium blue · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#669B03

Analogous#031A9B, #84039B

Triadic#9B3803, #039B38

Split complementary#9B8403, #1A9B03

Tetradic#9B031A, #669B03, #039B84

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9F6EFC

Lighter +30%#7F3CFB

Lighter +20%#5E0AFA

Lighter +10%#4A04CD

Darker −10%#260269

Darker −20%#140137

Darker −30%#020005

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#37009E

Less saturated −25%#3E1787

Channel breakdown

R56

B155

Red56 (22%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue260.92°

Saturation (HSL)96.2%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 03 · B 9B

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Colour values

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