Recognised as Colour

#382BB9

#382BB9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#382BB9 is a blue with RGB values 56, 43, 185 and HSL 245°, 62%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#382BB9

RGBrgb(56, 43, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.1686, 0.7255

RGB percentages22%, 16.9%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(245.5, 62.3%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245.5, 76.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK69.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,681,209

CSS custom property--colour: #382BB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06071WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.48:1

Contrast with white9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#C7D446

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#003FB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005571no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.3 Navy · ΔE 18.2 Indigo · ΔE 20.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.3 Blue violet · ΔE 24.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ACB92B

Analogous#2B65B9, #7F2BB9

Triadic#B9382B, #2BB938

Split complementary#B97F2B, #65B92B

Tetradic#B92B65, #ACB92B, #2BB97F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4C0F0

Lighter +30%#9E96E7

Lighter +20%#776DDD

Lighter +10%#5144D3

Darker −10%#2B2190

Darker −20%#1F1866

Darker −30%#120E3D

Darker −40%#060513

More saturated +25%#210ED5

Less saturated −25%#4F479D

Channel breakdown

R56

G43

B185

Red56 (22%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue245.49°

Saturation (HSL)62.28%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 2B · B B9

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