Recognised as Colour

#321B5A

#321B5A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#321B5A is a violet with RGB values 50, 27, 90 and HSL 262°, 54%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#321B5A

RGBrgb(50, 27, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.1059, 0.3529

RGB percentages19.6%, 10.6%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(261.9, 53.8%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.9, 70%, 35.3%)

CMYK44.4%, 70%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,283,802

CSS custom property--colour: #321B5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.58:1

Contrast with white14.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#CDE4A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00295Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#002859no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Tritanopia#282A37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 16.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.3 Indigo · ΔE 31.6 Purple · ΔE 34.6 Navy · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 16.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#435A1B

Analogous#1B235A, #521B5A

Triadic#5A321B, #1B5A32

Split complementary#5A511B, #245A1B

Tetradic#5A1B23, #435A1B, #1B5A52

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#936ED3

Lighter +30%#7646C8

Lighter +20%#5E33A8

Lighter +10%#482781

Darker −10%#1C0F33

Darker −20%#06030C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2E0C69

Less saturated −25%#362A4B

Channel breakdown

R50

G27

B90

Red50 (19.6%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue261.9°

Saturation (HSL)53.85%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 32 · G 1B · B 5A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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