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Colour

#23005C

  • #23005C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#23005C is a violet with RGB values 35, 0, 92 and HSL 263°, 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

#23005C#23005C
HEX#23005C
RGBrgb(35, 0, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0, 0.3608
RGB percentages13.7%, 0%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(262.8, 100%, 18%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.8, 100%, 36.1%)
CMYK62%, 100%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,293,852
CSS custom property--colour: #23005C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness36.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.13:1
Contrast with white17.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0E0E0E
Inverted#DCFFA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001D5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#00195Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#062033no 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 text17.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10Indigo · ΔE 18.1Navy · ΔE 20.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.8Dark blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#395C00
Analogous#000B5C, #51005C
Triadic#5C2300, #005C23
Split complementary#5C5100, #0B5C00
Tetradic#5C000B, #395C00, #005C51

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7A29FF
Lighter +30%#5D00F5
Lighter +20%#4A00C2
Lighter +10%#36008F
Darker −10%#100029
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#23005C
Less saturated −25%#260C51

Channel breakdown

R35
G0
B92
Red35 (13.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue262.83°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness18.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 00 · B 5C

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