Colour

#38093E

#38093E
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#38093E is a magenta with RGB values 56, 9, 62 and HSL 293°, 75%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#38093E

RGBrgb(56, 9, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.0353, 0.2431

RGB percentages22%, 3.5%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(293.2, 74.6%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(293.2, 85.5%, 24.3%)

CMYK9.7%, 85.5%, 0%, 75.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,672,382

CSS custom property--colour: #38093E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness37.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.45:1

Contrast with white16.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#C7F6C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001C3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Deuteranopia#12213Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Tritanopia#391323no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 27.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 35 Purple · ΔE 36.5 Indigo · ΔE 38.7 Black · ΔE 39.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 27.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F3E09

Analogous#1D093E, #3E092A

Triadic#3E3809, #093E38

Split complementary#293E09, #093E1E

Tetradic#3E1E09, #0F3E09, #092A3E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CD32E1

Lighter +30%#B11CC4

Lighter +20%#881697

Lighter +10%#600F6B

Darker −10%#100311

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F0047

Less saturated −25%#311235

Channel breakdown

R56

B62

Red56 (22%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue293.21°

Saturation (HSL)74.65%

Lightness13.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 09 · B 3E

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