Colour

#240B56

#240B56
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#240B56 is a violet with RGB values 36, 11, 86 and HSL 260°, 77%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#240B56

RGBrgb(36, 11, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.0431, 0.3373

RGB percentages14.1%, 4.3%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(260, 77.3%, 19%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 87.2%, 33.7%)

CMYK58.1%, 87.2%, 0%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,362,198

CSS custom property--colour: #240B56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness36.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.7:1

Contrast with white16.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#DBF4A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001F58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#001C55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Tritanopia#102131no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.3 Indigo · ΔE 25.5 Navy · ΔE 29.2 Purple · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3D560B

Analogous#0B1756, #4A0B56

Triadic#56240B, #0B5624

Split complementary#564A0B, #18560B

Tetradic#560B18, #3D560B, #0B564A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7C46E7

Lighter +30%#5D1CDE

Lighter +20%#4A17B0

Lighter +10%#371183

Darker −10%#110529

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#200061

Less saturated −25%#28174A

Channel breakdown

R36

G11

B86

Red36 (14.1%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)77.32%

Lightness19.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 24 · G 0B · B 56

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