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Recognised as Colour

#250C4C

  • #250C4C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#250C4C is a violet with RGB values 37, 12, 76 and HSL 263°, 73%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#250C4C#250C4C
HEX#250C4C
RGBrgb(37, 12, 76)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.0471, 0.298
RGB percentages14.5%, 4.7%, 29.8%
HSLhsl(263.4, 72.7%, 17.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.4, 84.2%, 29.8%)
CMYK51.3%, 84.2%, 0%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,427,980
CSS custom property--colour: #250C4C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17:1
Contrast with white17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#161616
Inverted#DAF3B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001D4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#1A1E2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 16.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 22Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.5Indigo · ΔE 31.4Navy · ΔE 35.7Purple · ΔE 36
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 16.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#334C0C
Analogous#0C134C, #450C4C
Triadic#4C250C, #0C4C25
Split complementary#4C450C, #134C0C
Tetradic#4C0C13, #334C0C, #0C4C45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8143E1
Lighter +30%#6521D0
Lighter +20%#501AA4
Lighter +10%#3A1378
Darker −10%#100520
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#230157
Less saturated −25%#271741

Channel breakdown

R37
G12
B76
Red37 (14.5%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue76 (29.8%)
Hue263.44°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness17.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 25 · G 0C · B 4C

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