Recognised as Colour

#28134C

#28134C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#28134C is a violet with RGB values 40, 19, 76 and HSL 262°, 60%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#28134C#28134C

HEX#28134C

RGBrgb(40, 19, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.0745, 0.298

RGB percentages15.7%, 7.5%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(262.1, 60%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 75%, 29.8%)

CMYK47.4%, 75%, 0%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,626,380

CSS custom property--colour: #28134C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness36.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.31:1

Contrast with white16.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#D7ECB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00204Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#001F4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Tritanopia#1E212Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 19.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.4 Indigo · ΔE 35.2 Purple · ΔE 38.3 Navy · ΔE 40

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 19.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#374C13

Analogous#131A4C, #45134C

Triadic#4C2813, #134C28

Split complementary#4C4513, #1A4C13

Tetradic#4C131A, #374C13, #134C45

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8556D5

Lighter +30%#6832C6

Lighter +20%#53279E

Lighter +10%#3D1D75

Darker −10%#130923

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#250758

Less saturated −25%#2B1F40

Channel breakdown

R40

G19

B76

Red40 (15.7%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue262.11°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 28 · G 13 · B 4C

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