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Recognised as Colour

#321B60

  • #321B60
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#321B60 is a violet with RGB values 50, 27, 96 and HSL 260°, 56%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#321B60#321B60
HEX#321B60
RGBrgb(50, 27, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.1059, 0.3765
RGB percentages19.6%, 10.6%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(260, 56.1%, 24.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 71.9%, 37.6%)
CMYK47.9%, 71.9%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,283,808
CSS custom property--colour: #321B60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.37:1
Contrast with white14.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#CDE49F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002B62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00295Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#252C3Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 15Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4Indigo · ΔE 28.2Purple · ΔE 32.6Navy · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#49601B
Analogous#1B2660, #541B60
Triadic#60321B, #1B6032
Split complementary#60551B, #27601B
Tetradic#601B27, #49601B, #1B6055

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9270D7
Lighter +30%#7448CC
Lighter +20%#5B31B0
Lighter +10%#472688
Darker −10%#1D1038
Darker −20%#090510
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2D0C6F
Less saturated −25%#372A51

Channel breakdown

R50
G27
B96
Red50 (19.6%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)56.1%
Lightness24.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 1B · B 60

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