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Recognised as Colour

#28035D

  • #28035D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#28035D is a violet with RGB values 40, 3, 93 and HSL 265°, 94%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#28035D#28035D
HEX#28035D
RGBrgb(40, 3, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.0118, 0.3647
RGB percentages15.7%, 1.2%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(264.7, 93.7%, 18.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 96.8%, 36.5%)
CMYK57%, 96.8%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,622,301
CSS custom property--colour: #28035D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness38.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.65:1
Contrast with white16.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#111111
Inverted#D7FCA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001F5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#001C5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#142134no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.4Indigo · ΔE 18.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.3Navy · ΔE 22.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.1Dark blue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#385D03
Analogous#030B5D, #55035D
Triadic#5D2803, #035D28
Split complementary#5D5503, #0B5D03
Tetradic#5D030B, #385D03, #035D55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8534F8
Lighter +30%#6808F1
Lighter +20%#5306C0
Lighter +10%#3D058E
Darker −10%#13012C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#270060
Less saturated −25%#2A0F51

Channel breakdown

R40
G3
B93
Red40 (15.7%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue264.67°
Saturation (HSL)93.75%
Lightness18.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 28 · G 03 · B 5D

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