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Recognised as Colour

#39244E

  • #39244E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#39244E is a violet with RGB values 57, 36, 78 and HSL 270°, 37%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#39244E#39244E
HEX#39244E
RGBrgb(57, 36, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.1412, 0.3059
RGB percentages22.4%, 14.1%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(270, 36.8%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 53.8%, 30.6%)
CMYK26.9%, 53.8%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,744,846
CSS custom property--colour: #39244E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness49.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.67:1
Contrast with white13.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#C6DBB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#182D4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#1E2E4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#362B35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.1Midnight blue · ΔE 30Black · ΔE 35.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 36.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.5Dim grey · ΔE 39.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 24.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#394E24
Analogous#24244E, #4E244E
Triadic#4E3924, #244E39
Split complementary#4E4E24, #244E24
Tetradic#4E2424, #394E24, #244E4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9F7CC2
Lighter +30%#8659B2
Lighter +20%#6C4494
Lighter +10%#533471
Darker −10%#20142B
Darker −20%#060408
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#39165C
Less saturated −25%#393240

Channel breakdown

R57
G36
B78
Red57 (22.4%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)36.84%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G 24 · B 4E

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