Recognised as Colour

#38213E

#38213E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#38213E is a violet with RGB values 56, 33, 62 and HSL 288°, 31%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#38213E

RGBrgb(56, 33, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.1294, 0.2431

RGB percentages22%, 12.9%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(287.6, 30.5%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.6, 46.8%, 24.3%)

CMYK9.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 75.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,678,526

CSS custom property--colour: #38213E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.43:1

Contrast with white14.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#C7DEC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D283Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#232A3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Tritanopia#38252Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 27.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.8 Dim grey · ΔE 35.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 38.3 Slate grey · ΔE 40.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#273E21

Analogous#2A213E, #3E2136

Triadic#3E3821, #213E38

Split complementary#353E21, #213E2A

Tetradic#3E2A21, #273E21, #21353E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A875B6

Lighter +30%#9256A2

Lighter +20%#744481

Lighter +10%#56335F

Darker −10%#1A0F1D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F154A

Less saturated −25%#312D32

Channel breakdown

R56

G33

B62

Red56 (22%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue287.59°

Saturation (HSL)30.53%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 21 · B 3E

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