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Recognised as Colour

#26025C

  • #26025C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#26025C is a violet with RGB values 38, 2, 92 and HSL 264°, 96%, 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

#26025C#26025C
HEX#26025C
RGBrgb(38, 2, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.0078, 0.3608
RGB percentages14.9%, 0.8%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(264, 95.7%, 18.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 97.8%, 36.1%)
CMYK58.7%, 97.8%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,490,972
CSS custom property--colour: #26025C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness37.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.86:1
Contrast with white16.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#101010
Inverted#D9FDA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001E5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#102133no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.6Indigo · ΔE 18.7Navy · ΔE 22.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.6Dark blue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#385C02
Analogous#020B5C, #53025C
Triadic#5C2602, #025C26
Split complementary#5C5302, #0B5C02
Tetradic#5C020B, #385C02, #025C53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8130FA
Lighter +30%#6405F2
Lighter +20%#4F04C0
Lighter +10%#3B038E
Darker −10%#11012A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#26005E
Less saturated −25%#280E50

Channel breakdown

R38
G2
B92
Red38 (14.9%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue264°
Saturation (HSL)95.74%
Lightness18.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 02 · B 5C

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