Recognised as Colour

#230D52

#230D52
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#230D52 is a violet with RGB values 35, 13, 82 and HSL 259°, 73%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#230D52

RGBrgb(35, 13, 82)

RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.051, 0.3216

RGB percentages13.7%, 5.1%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(259.1, 72.6%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 84.1%, 32.2%)

CMYK57.3%, 84.1%, 0%, 67.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,297,170

CSS custom property--colour: #230D52;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.79:1

Contrast with white16.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#DCF2AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001F54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#001C51no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Tritanopia#11212Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.3 Indigo · ΔE 28.6 Navy · ΔE 32.5 Purple · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C520D

Analogous#0D1952, #460D52

Triadic#52230D, #0D5223

Split complementary#52460D, #1A520D

Tetradic#520D19, #3C520D, #0D5246

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7A49E2

Lighter +30%#5B22D6

Lighter +20%#491BAA

Lighter +10%#36147E

Darker −10%#100626

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1F015E

Less saturated −25%#271946

Channel breakdown

R35

G13

B82

Red35 (13.7%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue259.13°

Saturation (HSL)72.63%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 23 · G 0D · B 52

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