Recognised as Colour

#28014E

#28014E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#28014E is a violet with RGB values 40, 1, 78 and HSL 270°, 97%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#28014E

RGBrgb(40, 1, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.0039, 0.3059

RGB percentages15.7%, 0.4%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(270.4, 97.5%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 98.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK48.7%, 98.7%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,621,774

CSS custom property--colour: #28014E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness34.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.43:1

Contrast with white17.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0F0F0F

Inverted#D7FEB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001A50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#00194Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Tritanopia#1E192Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.9 Indigo · ΔE 25.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.6 Navy · ΔE 29.8 Purple · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#274E01

Analogous#02014E, #4E014D

Triadic#4E2801, #014E28

Split complementary#4E4E01, #014E01

Tetradic#4E0101, #274E01, #014D4E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8F1FFC

Lighter +30%#7503E5

Lighter +20%#5C02B3

Lighter +10%#420280

Darker −10%#0E001C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#28004F

Less saturated −25%#280B44

Channel breakdown

R40

B78

Red40 (15.7%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue270.39°

Saturation (HSL)97.47%

Lightness15.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 28 · G 01 · B 4E

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