Colour

#22005E

#22005E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#22005E is a violet with RGB values 34, 0, 94 and HSL 262°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#22005E

RGBrgb(34, 0, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0, 0.3686

RGB percentages13.3%, 0%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(261.7, 100%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 100%, 36.9%)

CMYK63.8%, 100%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,228,318

CSS custom property--colour: #22005E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness36.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.08:1

Contrast with white17.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0E0E0E

Inverted#DDFFA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001E60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#00195Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Tritanopia#002134no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.9 Indigo · ΔE 17.2 Navy · ΔE 19.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23 Dark blue · ΔE 24.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C5E00

Analogous#000D5E, #51005E

Triadic#5E2200, #005E22

Split complementary#5E5100, #0D5E00

Tetradic#5E000D, #3C5E00, #005E51

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#782BFF

Lighter +30%#5900F7

Lighter +20%#4700C4

Lighter +10%#340091

Darker −10%#10002B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#22005E

Less saturated −25%#250C52

Channel breakdown

R34

B94

Red34 (13.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue261.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness18.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 22 · G 00 · B 5E

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