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Recognised as Colour

#38298D

  • #38298D
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#38298D is a blue with RGB values 56, 41, 141 and HSL 249°, 55%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#38298D#38298D
HEX#38298D
RGBrgb(56, 41, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.1608, 0.5529
RGB percentages22%, 16.1%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(249, 54.9%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249, 70.9%, 55.3%)
CMYK60.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,680,653
CSS custom property--colour: #38298D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.23:1
Contrast with white11.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#C7D672

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00378Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#014358no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.1Indigo · ΔE 16.3Navy · ΔE 20.1Slate blue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E8D29
Analogous#294C8D, #6A298D
Triadic#8D3829, #298D38
Split complementary#8D6A29, #4C8D29
Tetradic#8D294C, #7E8D29, #298D6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A99FE3
Lighter +30%#8677D8
Lighter +20%#6350CC
Lighter +10%#4834B5
Darker −10%#281E65
Darker −20%#19123E
Darker −30%#090716
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2812A4
Less saturated −25%#484076

Channel breakdown

R56
G41
B141
Red56 (22%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue249°
Saturation (HSL)54.95%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 29 · B 8D

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