Recognised as Colour

#28064C

#28064C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#28064C is a violet with RGB values 40, 6, 76 and HSL 269°, 85%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#28064C#28064C

HEX#28064C

RGBrgb(40, 6, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.0235, 0.298

RGB percentages15.7%, 2.4%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(269.1, 85.4%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269.1, 92.1%, 29.8%)

CMYK47.4%, 92.1%, 0%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,623,052

CSS custom property--colour: #28064C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness34 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.2:1

Contrast with white17.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#121212

Inverted#D7F9B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001B4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#001A4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Tritanopia#1F1B2Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.1 Indigo · ΔE 28.6 Navy · ΔE 33.3 Purple · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A4C06

Analogous#06074C, #4B064C

Triadic#4C2806, #064C28

Split complementary#4C4B06, #074C06

Tetradic#4C0607, #2A4C06, #064C4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8C2FEF

Lighter +30%#7311DA

Lighter +20%#5A0DAB

Lighter +10%#410A7B

Darker −10%#0F021D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#280052

Less saturated −25%#281042

Channel breakdown

R40

B76

Red40 (15.7%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue269.14°

Saturation (HSL)85.37%

Lightness16.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 28 · G 06 · B 4C

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Colour values

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