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Recognised as Colour

#34176E

  • #34176E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#34176E is a violet with RGB values 52, 23, 110 and HSL 260°, 65%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#34176E#34176E
HEX#34176E
RGBrgb(52, 23, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.0902, 0.4314
RGB percentages20.4%, 9%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(260, 65.4%, 26.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 79.1%, 43.1%)
CMYK52.7%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,413,870
CSS custom property--colour: #34176E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness50 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.06:1
Contrast with white14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#CBE891

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002D70no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#002A6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#202F41no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 6.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.8Indigo · ΔE 18.1Navy · ΔE 23.4Purple · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#516E17
Analogous#17256E, #5F176E
Triadic#6E3417, #176E34
Split complementary#6E6017, #266E17
Tetradic#6E1726, #516E17, #176E60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9670E1
Lighter +30%#7746D8
Lighter +20%#5C29C2
Lighter +10%#482098
Darker −10%#200E44
Darker −20%#0C051A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2E067F
Less saturated −25%#3A285D

Channel breakdown

R52
G23
B110
Red52 (20.4%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)65.41%
Lightness26.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 34 · G 17 · B 6E

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