Recognised as Colour

#260A39

#260A39
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#260A39 is a violet with RGB values 38, 10, 57 and HSL 276°, 70%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#260A39#260A39

HEX#260A39

RGBrgb(38, 10, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.0392, 0.2235

RGB percentages14.9%, 3.9%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(275.7, 70.1%, 13.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 82.5%, 22.4%)

CMYK33.3%, 82.5%, 0%, 77.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,492,985

CSS custom property--colour: #260A39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.72:1

Contrast with white17.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#D9F5C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00173Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#011838no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Tritanopia#231520no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 27.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.7 Black · ΔE 35.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 38.3 Indigo · ΔE 41.6 Purple · ΔE 42.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 27.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D390A

Analogous#0E0A39, #390A35

Triadic#39260A, #0A3926

Split complementary#35390A, #0A390E

Tetradic#390F0A, #1D390A, #0A3539

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9834DB

Lighter +30%#7D21BB

Lighter +20%#601990

Lighter +10%#431264

Darker −10%#09020E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#280241

Less saturated −25%#241231

Channel breakdown

R38

G10

B57

Red38 (14.9%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue275.74°

Saturation (HSL)70.15%

Lightness13.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G 0A · B 39

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