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Recognised as Colour

#38147E

  • #38147E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#38147E is a violet with RGB values 56, 20, 126 and HSL 260°, 73%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#38147E#38147E
HEX#38147E
RGBrgb(56, 20, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.0784, 0.4941
RGB percentages22%, 7.8%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(260.4, 72.6%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 84.1%, 49.4%)
CMYK55.6%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,675,262
CSS custom property--colour: #38147E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.38:1
Contrast with white13.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#C7EB81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003181no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#002C7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#1C344Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.4Midnight blue · ΔE 11.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.5Navy · ΔE 14.6Dark blue · ΔE 18.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A7E14
Analogous#14257E, #6D147E
Triadic#7E3814, #147E38
Split complementary#7E6D14, #257E14
Tetradic#7E1425, #5A7E14, #147E6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9C75E9
Lighter +30%#7D49E2
Lighter +20%#5F22D6
Lighter +10%#4C1BAA
Darker −10%#240D52
Darker −20%#110626
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#320290
Less saturated −25%#3E266C

Channel breakdown

R56
G20
B126
Red56 (22%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue260.38°
Saturation (HSL)72.6%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 14 · B 7E

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