Colour

#30004E

#30004E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#30004E is a violet with RGB values 48, 0, 78 and HSL 277°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#30004E#30004E

HEX#30004E

RGBrgb(48, 0, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0, 0.3059

RGB percentages18.8%, 0%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(276.9, 100%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.9, 100%, 30.6%)

CMYK38.5%, 100%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,145,806

CSS custom property--colour: #30004E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness37.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.99:1

Contrast with white16.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#CFFFB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001B50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Deuteranopia#001C4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Tritanopia#2A182Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.9 Indigo · ΔE 25.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26 Purple · ΔE 29.5 Navy · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E4E00

Analogous#09004E, #4E0045

Triadic#4E3000, #004E30

Split complementary#454E00, #004E09

Tetradic#4E0900, #1E4E00, #00454E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A71BFF

Lighter +30%#8E00E7

Lighter +20%#6F00B4

Lighter +10%#4F0081

Darker −10%#11001B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#30004E

Less saturated −25%#2E0A44

Channel breakdown

R48

B78

Red48 (18.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue276.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness15.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 30 · G 00 · B 4E

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