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Recognised as Colour

#22015B

  • #22015B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#22015B is a violet with RGB values 34, 1, 91 and HSL 262°, 98%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#22015B#22015B
HEX#22015B
RGBrgb(34, 1, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.0039, 0.3569
RGB percentages13.3%, 0.4%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(262, 97.8%, 18%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262, 98.9%, 35.7%)
CMYK62.6%, 98.9%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,228,571
CSS custom property--colour: #22015B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01117WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness35.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.16:1
Contrast with white17.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0F0F0F
Inverted#DDFEA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001D5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#00195Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#042032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.6Indigo · ΔE 18.9Navy · ΔE 21.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.3Dark blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A5B01
Analogous#010D5B, #4F015B
Triadic#5B2201, #015B22
Split complementary#5B4F01, #0D5B01
Tetradic#5B010D, #3A5B01, #015B4F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#782BFD
Lighter +30%#5B03F2
Lighter +20%#4802C0
Lighter +10%#35028D
Darker −10%#0F0029
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#22005C
Less saturated −25%#250C50

Channel breakdown

R34
G1
B91
Red34 (13.3%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue262°
Saturation (HSL)97.83%
Lightness18.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G 01 · B 5B

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