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Recognised as Colour

#23015E

  • #23015E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#23015E is a violet with RGB values 35, 1, 94 and HSL 262°, 98%, 19%. 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

#23015E#23015E
HEX#23015E
RGBrgb(35, 1, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.0039, 0.3686
RGB percentages13.7%, 0.4%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(261.9, 97.9%, 18.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.9, 98.9%, 36.9%)
CMYK62.8%, 98.9%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,294,110
CSS custom property--colour: #23015E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01187WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness37.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.97:1
Contrast with white16.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0F0F0F
Inverted#DCFEA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001E60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#001A5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#042134no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.5Indigo · ΔE 17.5Navy · ΔE 20.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5Dark blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C5E01
Analogous#010D5E, #52015E
Triadic#5E2301, #015E23
Split complementary#5E5201, #0D5E01
Tetradic#5E010D, #3C5E01, #015E52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7A2EFD
Lighter +30%#5B03F5
Lighter +20%#4902C3
Lighter +10%#360290
Darker −10%#10002C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#23005F
Less saturated −25%#260D52

Channel breakdown

R35
G1
B94
Red35 (13.7%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue261.94°
Saturation (HSL)97.89%
Lightness18.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 23 · G 01 · B 5E

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