Recognised as Colour

#340C47

#340C47
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#340C47 is a violet with RGB values 52, 12, 71 and HSL 281°, 71%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#340C47#340C47

HEX#340C47

RGBrgb(52, 12, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.0471, 0.2784

RGB percentages20.4%, 4.7%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(280.7, 71.1%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.7, 83.1%, 27.8%)

CMYK26.8%, 83.1%, 0%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,411,015

CSS custom property--colour: #340C47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness38.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.28:1

Contrast with white16.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#CBF3B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001E49no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#052146no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Tritanopia#321A29no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 22.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.9 Indigo · ΔE 34.2 Purple · ΔE 34.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 22.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F470C

Analogous#160C47, #470C3D

Triadic#47340C, #0C4734

Split complementary#3D470C, #0C4716

Tetradic#47160C, #1F470C, #0C3D47

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AC40DF

Lighter +30%#9422CA

Lighter +20%#741B9E

Lighter +10%#541373

Darker −10%#14051B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#380251

Less saturated −25%#30163D

Channel breakdown

R52

G12

B71

Red52 (20.4%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue280.68°

Saturation (HSL)71.08%

Lightness16.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 34 · G 0C · B 47

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