Colour

#240D48

#240D48
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#240D48 is a violet with RGB values 36, 13, 72 and HSL 263°, 69%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#240D48

RGBrgb(36, 13, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.051, 0.2824

RGB percentages14.1%, 5.1%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(263.4, 69.4%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.4, 81.9%, 28.2%)

CMYK50%, 81.9%, 0%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,362,696

CSS custom property--colour: #240D48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness32.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.13:1

Contrast with white17.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#DBF2B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001C4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#001B47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Tritanopia#1A1C29no 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 text17.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 19 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23 Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.7 Indigo · ΔE 34.3 Purple · ΔE 38 Navy · ΔE 38.7

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 18.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#31480D

Analogous#0D1348, #410D48

Triadic#48240D, #0D4824

Split complementary#48420D, #13480D

Tetradic#480D13, #31480D, #0D4841

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8044DD

Lighter +30%#6524CA

Lighter +20%#4F1D9E

Lighter +10%#3A1573

Darker −10%#0E051D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#220253

Less saturated −25%#26183D

Channel breakdown

R36

G13

B72

Red36 (14.1%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue263.39°

Saturation (HSL)69.41%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 24 · G 0D · B 48

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