Colour

#230A48

#230A48
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#230A48 is a violet with RGB values 35, 10, 72 and HSL 264°, 76%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#230A48

RGBrgb(35, 10, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.0392, 0.2824

RGB percentages13.7%, 3.9%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(264.2, 75.6%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.2, 86.1%, 28.2%)

CMYK51.4%, 86.1%, 0%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,296,392

CSS custom property--colour: #230A48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.38:1

Contrast with white17.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#DCF5B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001B4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#001947no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Tritanopia#181B29no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 31 Indigo · ΔE 32.8 Navy · ΔE 37 Purple · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F480A

Analogous#0A1048, #420A48

Triadic#48230A, #0A4823

Split complementary#48420A, #10480A

Tetradic#480A10, #2F480A, #0A4842

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7F3AE4

Lighter +30%#641DCE

Lighter +20%#4F16A2

Lighter +10%#391075

Darker −10%#0D041B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#210052

Less saturated −25%#25143E

Channel breakdown

R35

G10

B72

Red35 (13.7%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue264.19°

Saturation (HSL)75.61%

Lightness16.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 23 · G 0A · B 48

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