Recognised as Colour

#38144B

#38144B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#38144B is a violet with RGB values 56, 20, 75 and HSL 279°, 58%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#38144B

RGBrgb(56, 20, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.0784, 0.2941

RGB percentages22%, 7.8%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(279.3, 57.9%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.3, 73.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK25.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,675,211

CSS custom property--colour: #38144B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.33:1

Contrast with white15.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#C7EBB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00234Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0E264Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Tritanopia#361F2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 23.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 31 Purple · ΔE 35.5 Indigo · ΔE 35.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 22.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#274B14

Analogous#1C144B, #4B1443

Triadic#4B3814, #144B38

Split complementary#434B14, #144B1C

Tetradic#4B1C14, #274B14, #14434B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A858D3

Lighter +30%#9234C4

Lighter +20%#74299C

Lighter +10%#561F73

Darker −10%#1A0923

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3C0857

Less saturated −25%#34203F

Channel breakdown

R56

G20

B75

Red56 (22%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue279.27°

Saturation (HSL)57.89%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 14 · B 4B

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