Colour

#28094B

#28094B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#28094B is a violet with RGB values 40, 9, 75 and HSL 268°, 79%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#28094B#28094B

HEX#28094B

RGBrgb(40, 9, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.0353, 0.2941

RGB percentages15.7%, 3.5%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(268.2, 78.6%, 16.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.2, 88%, 29.4%)

CMYK46.7%, 88%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,623,819

CSS custom property--colour: #28094B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01154WCAG 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 17.06:1

Contrast with white17.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#D7F6B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001C4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#001B4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Tritanopia#1F1B2Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 16.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 29 Indigo · ΔE 30.5 Purple · ΔE 34.7 Navy · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 16.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C4B09

Analogous#090B4B, #49094B

Triadic#4B2809, #094B28

Split complementary#4B4909, #0B4B09

Tetradic#4B090B, #2C4B09, #094B49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8B39E7

Lighter +30%#7119D4

Lighter +20%#5914A6

Lighter +10%#400E79

Darker −10%#10041D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#270054

Less saturated −25%#291341

Channel breakdown

R40

B75

Red40 (15.7%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue268.18°

Saturation (HSL)78.57%

Lightness16.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 28 · G 09 · B 4B

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Colour values

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