Recognised as Colour

#35045F

#35045F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#35045F is a violet with RGB values 53, 4, 95 and HSL 272°, 92%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#35045F#35045F

HEX#35045F

RGBrgb(53, 4, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.0157, 0.3725

RGB percentages20.8%, 1.6%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(272.3, 91.9%, 19.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.3, 95.8%, 37.3%)

CMYK44.2%, 95.8%, 0%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,474,527

CSS custom property--colour: #35045F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0167WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.74:1

Contrast with white15.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#CAFBA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002261no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#00225Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#2B2135no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.3 Indigo · ΔE 17.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22 Navy · ΔE 24.1 Purple · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E5F04

Analogous#08045F, #5F045B

Triadic#5F3504, #045F35

Split complementary#5B5F04, #045F08

Tetradic#5F0804, #2E5F04, #045B5F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9F38F7

Lighter +30%#870AF2

Lighter +20%#6C08C1

Lighter +10%#500690

Darker −10%#1A022E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#350063

Less saturated −25%#341053

Channel breakdown

R53

B95

Red53 (20.8%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue272.31°

Saturation (HSL)91.92%

Lightness19.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 35 · G 04 · B 5F

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