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Recognised as Colour

#250A52

  • #250A52
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#250A52 is a violet with RGB values 37, 10, 82 and HSL 263°, 78%, 18%. 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

#250A52#250A52
HEX#250A52
RGBrgb(37, 10, 82)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.0392, 0.3216
RGB percentages14.5%, 3.9%, 32.2%
HSLhsl(262.5, 78.3%, 18%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 87.8%, 32.2%)
CMYK54.9%, 87.8%, 0%, 67.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,427,474
CSS custom property--colour: #250A52;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0122WCAG 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 16.88:1
Contrast with white16.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#151515
Inverted#DAF5AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001E54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B51no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#161F2Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.6Indigo · ΔE 27.1Navy · ΔE 31.2Purple · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#37520A
Analogous#0A1352, #490A52
Triadic#52250A, #0A5225
Split complementary#52490A, #13520A
Tetradic#520A13, #37520A, #0A5249

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7F40E8
Lighter +30%#631BDA
Lighter +20%#4E15AD
Lighter +10%#3A107F
Darker −10%#100425
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#23005C
Less saturated −25%#281647

Channel breakdown

R37
G10
B82
Red37 (14.5%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue82 (32.2%)
Hue262.5°
Saturation (HSL)78.26%
Lightness18.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 25 · G 0A · B 52

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