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Recognised as Colour

#220E4B

  • #220E4B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#220E4B is a violet with RGB values 34, 14, 75 and HSL 260°, 69%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#220E4B#220E4B
HEX#220E4B
RGBrgb(34, 14, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.0549, 0.2941
RGB percentages13.3%, 5.5%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(259.7, 68.5%, 17.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.7, 81.3%, 29.4%)
CMYK54.7%, 81.3%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,231,883
CSS custom property--colour: #220E4B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.04:1
Contrast with white17.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#171717
Inverted#DDF1B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001D4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Tritanopia#141E2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.8Indigo · ΔE 33.2Navy · ΔE 37.2Purple · ΔE 37.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#374B0E
Analogous#0E184B, #410E4B
Triadic#4B220E, #0E4B22
Split complementary#4B410E, #184B0E
Tetradic#4B0E18, #374B0E, #0E4B41

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7948DD
Lighter +30%#5C26CC
Lighter +20%#491EA1
Lighter +10%#351676
Darker −10%#0F0620
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1E0356
Less saturated −25%#261940

Channel breakdown

R34
G14
B75
Red34 (13.3%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue259.67°
Saturation (HSL)68.54%
Lightness17.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G 0E · B 4B

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