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Recognised as Colour

#260C41

  • #260C41
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#260C41 is a violet with RGB values 38, 12, 65 and HSL 269°, 69%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#260C41#260C41
HEX#260C41
RGBrgb(38, 12, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.0471, 0.2549
RGB percentages14.9%, 4.7%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(269.4, 68.8%, 15.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.4, 81.5%, 25.5%)
CMYK41.5%, 81.5%, 0%, 74.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,493,505
CSS custom property--colour: #260C41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness31.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.34:1
Contrast with white17.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#151515
Inverted#D9F3BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001A43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#001A40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#201925no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 23.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.7Indigo · ΔE 37.8Black · ΔE 39.3Purple · ΔE 39.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 23.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#27410C
Analogous#0C0C41, #410C41
Triadic#41260C, #0C4126
Split complementary#41410C, #0C410C
Tetradic#410C0C, #27410C, #0C4141

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8B3EDB
Lighter +30%#7224C2
Lighter +20%#581C97
Lighter +10%#3F146C
Darker −10%#0D0416
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#26024B
Less saturated −25%#261637

Channel breakdown

R38
G12
B65
Red38 (14.9%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue269.43°
Saturation (HSL)68.83%
Lightness15.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 0C · B 41

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