Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#383BDB

  • #383BDB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#383BDB is a blue with RGB values 56, 59, 219 and HSL 239°, 69%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#383BDB#383BDB
HEX#383BDB
RGBrgb(56, 59, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.2314, 0.8588
RGB percentages22%, 23.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(238.9, 69.4%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.9, 74.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK74.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,685,339
CSS custom property--colour: #383BDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#C7C424

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006988no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 20.6Medium blue · ΔE 22.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.5Dark blue · ΔE 24.7Dark orchid · ΔE 26.1Dark violet · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 20.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBD838
Analogous#388DDB, #8638DB
Triadic#DB383B, #3BDB38
Split complementary#DB8638, #8CDB38
Tetradic#DB388D, #DBD838, #38DB87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5E5FA
Lighter +30%#BABBF2
Lighter +20%#8E90EB
Lighter +10%#6366E3
Darker −10%#2225BE
Darker −20%#1B1D92
Darker −30%#131467
Darker −40%#0B0C3C
More saturated +25%#1B1FF8
Less saturated −25%#5557BE

Channel breakdown

R56
G59
B219
Red56 (22%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue238.9°
Saturation (HSL)69.36%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 3B · B DB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “383bdb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.