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Recognised as Colour

#382BBC

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

#382BBC is a blue with RGB values 56, 43, 188 and HSL 245°, 63%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#382BBC#382BBC
HEX#382BBC
RGBrgb(56, 43, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.1686, 0.7373
RGB percentages22%, 16.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(245.4, 62.8%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.4, 77.1%, 73.7%)
CMYK70.2%, 77.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,681,212
CSS custom property--colour: #382BBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.38:1
Contrast with white9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#C7D443

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#004DC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#005672no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#AFBC2B
Analogous#2B67BC, #812BBC
Triadic#BC382B, #2BBC38
Split complementary#BC802B, #67BC2B
Tetradic#BC2B67, #AFBC2B, #2BBC80

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#C6C2F1
Lighter +30%#A098E8
Lighter +20%#796FDE
Lighter +10%#5245D5
Darker −10%#2C2292
Darker −20%#1F1869
Darker −30%#130F3F
Darker −40%#070516
More saturated +25%#200ED9
Less saturated −25%#50489F

Channel breakdown

R56
G43
B188
Red56 (22%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue245.38°
Saturation (HSL)62.77%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 2B · B BC

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