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Recognised as Colour

#240A5E

  • #240A5E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#240A5E is a violet with RGB values 36, 10, 94 and HSL 259°, 81%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#240A5E#240A5E
HEX#240A5E
RGBrgb(36, 10, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.0392, 0.3686
RGB percentages14.1%, 3.9%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(258.6, 80.8%, 20.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.6, 89.4%, 36.9%)
CMYK61.7%, 89.4%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,361,950
CSS custom property--colour: #240A5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness38.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.41:1
Contrast with white16.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#161616
Inverted#DBF5A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002160no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#001D5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#062435no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 7.4Indigo · ΔE 20.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 21Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.6Navy · ΔE 24.1Dark blue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#445E0A
Analogous#0A1A5E, #4E0A5E
Triadic#5E240A, #0A5E24
Split complementary#5E4E0A, #1A5E0A
Tetradic#5E0A1A, #445E0A, #0A5E4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7B48EC
Lighter +30%#5A1AE7
Lighter +20%#4714BA
Lighter +10%#360F8C
Darker −10%#120530
Darker −20%#010002
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#200068
Less saturated −25%#291751

Channel breakdown

R36
G10
B94
Red36 (14.1%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue258.57°
Saturation (HSL)80.77%
Lightness20.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 0A · B 5E

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