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Recognised as Colour

#26037A

  • #26037A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#26037A is a violet with RGB values 38, 3, 122 and HSL 258°, 95%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#26037A#26037A
HEX#26037A
RGBrgb(38, 3, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.0118, 0.4784
RGB percentages14.9%, 1.2%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(257.6, 95.2%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.6, 97.5%, 47.8%)
CMYK68.9%, 97.5%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,491,258
CSS custom property--colour: #26037A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.26:1
Contrast with white15.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#D9FC85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00297Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#002178no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#002F45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 7.5Indigo · ΔE 9.2Dark blue · ΔE 12Midnight blue · ΔE 16.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.1Purple · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#577A03
Analogous#031C7A, #62037A
Triadic#7A2603, #037A26
Split complementary#7A6103, #1C7A03
Tetradic#7A031C, #577A03, #037A62

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#814EFB
Lighter +30%#5E1DF9
Lighter +20%#4505DE
Lighter +10%#3604AC
Darker −10%#160248
Darker −20%#070116
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#25007D
Less saturated −25%#2C136A

Channel breakdown

R38
G3
B122
Red38 (14.9%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue257.65°
Saturation (HSL)95.2%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 03 · B 7A

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