Recognised as Colour

#38293C

#38293C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#38293C is a violet with RGB values 56, 41, 60 and HSL 287°, 19%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#38293C#38293C

HEX#38293C

RGBrgb(56, 41, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.1608, 0.2353

RGB percentages22%, 16.1%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(287.4, 18.8%, 19.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.4, 31.7%, 23.5%)

CMYK6.7%, 31.7%, 0%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,680,572

CSS custom property--colour: #38293C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.54:1

Contrast with white13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#C7D6C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#272D3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A2F3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#382B30no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 24 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.5 Dim grey · ΔE 29.3 Slate grey · ΔE 36.3 Gray · ΔE 37.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D3C29

Analogous#2F293C, #3C2936

Triadic#3C3829, #293C38

Split complementary#363C29, #293C2F

Tetradic#3C2F29, #2D3C29, #29363C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A485AC

Lighter +30%#8D6797

Lighter +20%#715279

Lighter +10%#543E5A

Darker −10%#1C141E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F1C49

Less saturated −25%#333333

Channel breakdown

R56

G41

B60

Red56 (22%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue287.37°

Saturation (HSL)18.81%

Lightness19.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 29 · B 3C

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