Colour

#342C87

#342C87
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#342C87 is a blue with RGB values 52, 44, 135 and HSL 245°, 51%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#342C87#342C87

HEX#342C87

RGBrgb(52, 44, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.1725, 0.5294

RGB percentages20.4%, 17.3%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(245.3, 50.8%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245.3, 67.4%, 52.9%)

CMYK61.5%, 67.4%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,419,271

CSS custom property--colour: #342C87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.31:1

Contrast with white11.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#CBD378

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003E8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003785no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original

Tritanopia#004355no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.3 Indigo · ΔE 20.9 Slate blue · ΔE 22.7 Navy · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F872C

Analogous#2C5287, #612C87

Triadic#87342C, #2C8734

Split complementary#87612C, #52872C

Tetradic#872C52, #7F872C, #2C8761

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A59FE0

Lighter +30%#8179D3

Lighter +20%#5D52C7

Lighter +10%#4339AD

Darker −10%#251F61

Darker −20%#16133A

Darker −30%#080614

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#22169D

Less saturated −25%#464271

Channel breakdown

R52

G44

B135

Red52 (20.4%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue245.27°

Saturation (HSL)50.84%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 34 · G 2C · B 87

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