Recognised as Colour

#220B54

#220B54
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#220B54 is a violet with RGB values 34, 11, 84 and HSL 259°, 77%, 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

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HEX#220B54

RGBrgb(34, 11, 84)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.0431, 0.3294

RGB percentages13.3%, 4.3%, 32.9%

HSLhsl(258.9, 76.8%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 86.9%, 32.9%)

CMYK59.5%, 86.9%, 0%, 67.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,231,124

CSS custom property--colour: #220B54;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness34.9 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#151515

Inverted#DDF4AB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001E56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#001B53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Tritanopia#0D2130no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever 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 11.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.3 Indigo · ΔE 26.6 Navy · ΔE 30.2 Purple · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3D540B

Analogous#0B1854, #470B54

Triadic#54220B, #0B5422

Split complementary#54460B, #19540B

Tetradic#540B18, #3D540B, #0B5447

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7844E7

Lighter +30%#591DDB

Lighter +20%#4717AE

Lighter +10%#341181

Darker −10%#100527

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1E005F

Less saturated −25%#261748

Channel breakdown

R34

G11

B84

Red34 (13.3%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue84 (32.9%)

Hue258.9°

Saturation (HSL)76.84%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 22 · G 0B · B 54

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