Recognised as Colour

#320C55

#320C55
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#320C55 is a violet with RGB values 50, 12, 85 and HSL 271°, 75%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#320C55#320C55

HEX#320C55

RGBrgb(50, 12, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.0471, 0.3333

RGB percentages19.6%, 4.7%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(271.2, 75.3%, 19%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 85.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK41.2%, 85.9%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,279,957

CSS custom property--colour: #320C55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.92:1

Contrast with white15.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#CDF3AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002157no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#002254no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#2A2031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.5 Indigo · ΔE 26.1 Purple · ΔE 30.3 Navy · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F550C

Analogous#0E0C55, #550C53

Triadic#55320C, #0C5532

Split complementary#53550C, #0C550E

Tetradic#550E0C, #2F550C, #0C5355

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9A48E5

Lighter +30%#811FDB

Lighter +20%#6719AE

Lighter +10%#4C1282

Darker −10%#180628

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#320061

Less saturated −25%#321849

Channel breakdown

R50

G12

B85

Red50 (19.6%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue271.23°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness19.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 32 · G 0C · B 55

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