Colour

#250C53

#250C53
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#250C53 is a violet with RGB values 37, 12, 83 and HSL 261°, 75%, 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

#250C53#250C53

HEX#250C53

RGBrgb(37, 12, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.0471, 0.3255

RGB percentages14.5%, 4.7%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(261.1, 74.7%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.1, 85.5%, 32.5%)

CMYK55.4%, 85.5%, 0%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,427,987

CSS custom property--colour: #250C53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.72:1

Contrast with white16.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#DAF3AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001F55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#001C52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Tritanopia#15202Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.5 Indigo · ΔE 27.5 Navy · ΔE 31.5 Purple · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A530C

Analogous#0C1753, #480C53

Triadic#53250C, #0C5325

Split complementary#53490C, #16530C

Tetradic#530C17, #3A530C, #0C5348

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7E47E4

Lighter +30%#611FD9

Lighter +20%#4D19AC

Lighter +10%#391280

Darker −10%#110626

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#21005F

Less saturated −25%#291847

Channel breakdown

R37

G12

B83

Red37 (14.5%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue261.13°

Saturation (HSL)74.74%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 25 · G 0C · B 53

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