Recognised as Colour

#230B46

#230B46
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#230B46 is a violet with RGB values 35, 11, 70 and HSL 264°, 73%, 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#230B46

RGBrgb(35, 11, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.0431, 0.2745

RGB percentages13.7%, 4.3%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(264.4, 72.8%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.4, 84.3%, 27.5%)

CMYK50%, 84.3%, 0%, 72.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,296,646

CSS custom property--colour: #230B46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.39:1

Contrast with white17.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#DCF4B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001A48no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#001945no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Tritanopia#191B28no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 19.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.2 Indigo · ΔE 34.4 Purple · ΔE 38.2 Navy · ΔE 38.7

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 19.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E460B

Analogous#0B1146, #410B46

Triadic#46230B, #0B4623

Split complementary#46400B, #11460B

Tetradic#460B11, #2E460B, #0B4640

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7F3DE0

Lighter +30%#6520CA

Lighter +20%#4F199E

Lighter +10%#391272

Darker −10%#0D041A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#210150

Less saturated −25%#25153C

Channel breakdown

R35

G11

B70

Red35 (13.7%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue264.41°

Saturation (HSL)72.84%

Lightness15.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 23 · G 0B · B 46

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