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Recognised as Colour

#22055C

  • #22055C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#22055C is a violet with RGB values 34, 5, 92 and HSL 260°, 90%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#22055C#22055C
HEX#22055C
RGBrgb(34, 5, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.0196, 0.3608
RGB percentages13.3%, 2%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(260, 89.7%, 19%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 94.6%, 36.1%)
CMYK63%, 94.6%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,229,596
CSS custom property--colour: #22055C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness36.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.88:1
Contrast with white16.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#111111
Inverted#DDFAA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001F5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#001A5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#032233no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.4Indigo · ΔE 20Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.8Navy · ΔE 22.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.2Dark blue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3F5C05
Analogous#05135C, #4D055C
Triadic#5C2205, #055C22
Split complementary#5C4E05, #145C05
Tetradic#5C0514, #3F5C05, #055C4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7739F4
Lighter +30%#580DED
Lighter +20%#460ABD
Lighter +10%#34088C
Darker −10%#10022C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#200061
Less saturated −25%#261150

Channel breakdown

R34
G5
B92
Red34 (13.3%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)89.69%
Lightness19.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G 05 · B 5C

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