Colour

#240E4B

#240E4B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#240E4B is a violet with RGB values 36, 14, 75 and HSL 262°, 69%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#240E4B

RGBrgb(36, 14, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.0549, 0.2941

RGB percentages14.1%, 5.5%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(261.6, 68.5%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 81.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK52%, 81.3%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,362,955

CSS custom property--colour: #240E4B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness33.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.94:1

Contrast with white16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#DBF1B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001D4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#001B4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Tritanopia#181E2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.6 Indigo · ΔE 33.1 Purple · ΔE 37.3 Navy · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#354B0E

Analogous#0E174B, #420E4B

Triadic#4B240E, #0E4B24

Split complementary#4B430E, #164B0E

Tetradic#4B0E17, #354B0E, #0E4B42

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7E48DD

Lighter +30%#6226CC

Lighter +20%#4D1EA1

Lighter +10%#391676

Darker −10%#0F0620

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#210356

Less saturated −25%#271940

Channel breakdown

R36

G14

B75

Red36 (14.1%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue261.64°

Saturation (HSL)68.54%

Lightness17.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 24 · G 0E · B 4B

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Colour values

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