Recognised as Colour

#1C034B

#1C034B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#1C034B is a violet with RGB values 28, 3, 75 and HSL 261°, 92%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#1C034B#1C034B

HEX#1C034B

RGBrgb(28, 3, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.0118, 0.2941

RGB percentages11%, 1.2%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(260.8, 92.3%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.8, 96%, 29.4%)

CMYK62.7%, 96%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,835,851

CSS custom property--colour: #1C034B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.04:1

Contrast with white18.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0E0E0E

Inverted#E3FCB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00184Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#00144Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Tritanopia#061A29no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.4 Indigo · ΔE 27.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 29 Navy · ΔE 30.8 Purple · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#324B03

Analogous#030E4B, #40034B

Triadic#4B1C03, #034B1C

Split complementary#4B4003, #0E4B03

Tetradic#4B030E, #324B03, #034B40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6D24F6

Lighter +30%#5309DE

Lighter +20%#4107AD

Lighter +10%#2E057C

Darker −10%#0A011A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1B004E

Less saturated −25%#1F0D41

Channel breakdown

R28

B75

Red28 (11%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue260.83°

Saturation (HSL)92.31%

Lightness15.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 1C · G 03 · B 4B

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