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Recognised as Colour

#382BAE

  • #382BAE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#382BAE is a blue with RGB values 56, 43, 174 and HSL 246°, 60%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#382BAE#382BAE
HEX#382BAE
RGBrgb(56, 43, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.1686, 0.6824
RGB percentages22%, 16.9%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(246, 60.4%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 75.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK67.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,681,198
CSS custom property--colour: #382BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.88:1
Contrast with white9.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#C7D451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00516Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.6Navy · ΔE 15.8Indigo · ΔE 17.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.8Slate blue · ΔE 21.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1AE2B
Analogous#2B60AE, #792BAE
Triadic#AE382B, #2BAE38
Split complementary#AE792B, #60AE2B
Tetradic#AE2B60, #A1AE2B, #2BAE79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDB8ED
Lighter +30%#978FE3
Lighter +20%#7166D9
Lighter +10%#4B3DCF
Darker −10%#2B2185
Darker −20%#1E175C
Darker −30%#110D33
Darker −40%#03030A
More saturated +25%#2210C9
Less saturated −25%#4E4693

Channel breakdown

R56
G43
B174
Red56 (22%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue245.95°
Saturation (HSL)60.37%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 2B · B AE

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