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Recognised as Colour

#38107A

  • #38107A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#38107A is a violet with RGB values 56, 16, 122 and HSL 263°, 77%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#38107A#38107A
HEX#38107A
RGBrgb(56, 16, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.0627, 0.4784
RGB percentages22%, 6.3%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(262.6, 76.8%, 27.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 86.9%, 47.8%)
CMYK54.1%, 86.9%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,674,234
CSS custom property--colour: #38107A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.79:1
Contrast with white13.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#C7EF85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002F7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#002B78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#203147no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.1Midnight blue · ΔE 11.7Navy · ΔE 14.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.2Dark blue · ΔE 19Dark slateblue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#527A10
Analogous#101D7A, #6D107A
Triadic#7A3810, #107A38
Split complementary#7A6D10, #1D7A10
Tetradic#7A101D, #527A10, #107A6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9B6AEC
Lighter +30%#7D3DE6
Lighter +20%#611CD4
Lighter +10%#4D16A7
Darker −10%#230A4D
Darker −20%#0F0420
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#34008A
Less saturated −25%#3C2169

Channel breakdown

R56
G16
B122
Red56 (22%)
Green16 (6.3%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue262.64°
Saturation (HSL)76.81%
Lightness27.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 10 · B 7A

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