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Colour

#34008B

  • #34008B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#34008B is a violet with RGB values 52, 0, 139 and HSL 262°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#34008B#34008B
HEX#34008B
RGBrgb(52, 0, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0, 0.5451
RGB percentages20.4%, 0%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(262.4, 100%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.4, 100%, 54.5%)
CMYK62.6%, 100%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,408,011
CSS custom property--colour: #34008B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.83:1
Contrast with white13.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#151515
Inverted#CBFF74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00308Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#002989no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00354Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 7.2Navy · ΔE 7.2Indigo · ΔE 9.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1Midnight blue · ΔE 24.2Dark orchid · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#578B00
Analogous#00118B, #7A008B
Triadic#8B3400, #008B34
Split complementary#8B7A00, #118B00
Tetradic#8B0011, #578B00, #008B7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9658FF
Lighter +30%#7725FF
Lighter +20%#5A00F1
Lighter +10%#4700BE
Darker −10%#210058
Darker −20%#0E0025
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#34008B
Less saturated −25%#38117A

Channel breakdown

R52
G0
B139
Red52 (20.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue262.45°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 34 · G 00 · B 8B

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