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Recognised as Colour

#26037F

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

#26037F is a violet with RGB values 38, 3, 127 and HSL 257°, 95%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#26037F#26037F
HEX#26037F
RGBrgb(38, 3, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.0118, 0.498
RGB percentages14.9%, 1.2%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(256.9, 95.4%, 25.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.9, 97.6%, 49.8%)
CMYK70.1%, 97.6%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,491,263
CSS custom property--colour: #26037F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.98:1
Contrast with white14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#D9FC80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002B82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00227Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#003148no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 5.6Indigo · ΔE 9.3Dark blue · ΔE 9.6Midnight blue · ΔE 18.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.9Purple · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C7F03
Analogous#031E7F, #64037F
Triadic#7F2603, #037F26
Split complementary#7F6403, #1E7F03
Tetradic#7F031E, #5C7F03, #037F64

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8253FB
Lighter +30%#5E21FA
Lighter +20%#4405E3
Lighter +10%#3504B1
Darker −10%#17024D
Darker −20%#08011B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#250082
Less saturated −25%#2D136F

Channel breakdown

R38
G3
B127
Red38 (14.9%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue256.94°
Saturation (HSL)95.38%
Lightness25.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 03 · B 7F

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