Recognised as Colour

#3807AB

#3807AB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#3807AB is a violet with RGB values 56, 7, 171 and HSL 258°, 92%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#3807AB#3807AB

HEX#3807AB

RGBrgb(56, 7, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.0275, 0.6706

RGB percentages22%, 2.7%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(257.9, 92.1%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 95.9%, 67.1%)

CMYK67.3%, 95.9%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,671,979

CSS custom property--colour: #3807AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.75:1

Contrast with white11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#C7F854

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003DAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0032A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Tritanopia#004563no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.8 Navy · ΔE 17.6 Medium blue · ΔE 19.9 Indigo · ΔE 21.7 Blue violet · ΔE 22 Dark violet · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7AAB07

Analogous#0728AB, #8A07AB

Triadic#AB3807, #07AB38

Split complementary#AB8A07, #28AB07

Tetradic#AB0728, #7AAB07, #07AB8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A784FA

Lighter +30%#8453F8

Lighter +20%#6122F6

Lighter +10%#4809DC

Darker −10%#28057A

Darker −20%#180349

Darker −30%#080118

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3500B2

Less saturated −25%#411D95

Channel breakdown

R56

B171

Red56 (22%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue257.93°

Saturation (HSL)92.13%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 07 · B AB

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