Recognised as Colour

#34005A

#34005A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#34005A is a violet with RGB values 52, 0, 90 and HSL 275°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#34005A

RGBrgb(52, 0, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0, 0.3529

RGB percentages20.4%, 0%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(274.7, 100%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 100%, 35.3%)

CMYK42.2%, 100%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,407,962

CSS custom property--colour: #34005A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.23:1

Contrast with white16.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#121212

Inverted#CBFFA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00205Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#002058no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Tritanopia#2C1D31no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.7 Indigo · ΔE 19 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.2 Navy · ΔE 25.2 Purple · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#265A00

Analogous#07005A, #5A0053

Triadic#5A3400, #005A34

Split complementary#535A00, #005A07

Tetradic#5A0700, #265A00, #00535A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A427FF

Lighter +30%#8C00F3

Lighter +20%#6F00C0

Lighter +10%#51008D

Darker −10%#170027

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#34005A

Less saturated −25%#320B4F

Channel breakdown

R52

B90

Red52 (20.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue274.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 34 · G 00 · B 5A

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