#38009b

Color #38009b

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 8.3 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#38009b

RGB

rgb(56, 0, 155)

HSL

hsl(261.7, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.7, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.9%, 100%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(20.85, 56.04, -68.35)

LCH

lch(20.85, 88.39, 309.35)

OKLCH

oklch(34.4%, 0.2028, 283.89)

HWB

hwb(261.7, 0%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#639b00

Analogous

#00159b

#38009b

#86009b

Triadic

#38009b

#9b3800

#009b38

Split-complementary

#38009b

#9b8600

#159b00

Tetradic

#38009b

#9b0063

#639b00

#009b38

Square

#38009b

#9b0015

#639b00

#009b86

Shades

Color #38009b mixed toward black.

#2f0081

#250067

#1c004e

#130034

#09001a

Tints

Color #38009b mixed toward white.

#4d00d6

#6812ff

#8e4eff

#b389ff

#d9c4ff

Tones

Color #38009b mixed toward gray.

#3c0d8e

#3f1a81

#432774

#463467

#4a415a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.64:1

White text reads better on this background (12.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#292989 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#2c2e84 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#377773 · ΔE 39.1

Achromatopsia

#323232 · ΔE 29.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38009b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38009b]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#38009b (#38009b) is rgb(56, 0, 155) in RGB.

No, #38009b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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