Recognised as Colour

#35175E

#35175E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#35175E is a violet with RGB values 53, 23, 94 and HSL 265°, 61%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#35175E

RGBrgb(53, 23, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.0902, 0.3686

RGB percentages20.8%, 9%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(265.4, 60.7%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.4, 75.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK43.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,479,390

CSS custom property--colour: #35175E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness46.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.63:1

Contrast with white14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#CAE8A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002960no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#00285Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Tritanopia#2B2938no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.7 Indigo · ΔE 26.6 Purple · ΔE 30.7 Navy · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#405E17

Analogous#171D5E, #58175E

Triadic#5E3517, #175E35

Split complementary#5E5917, #1C5E17

Tetradic#5E171D, #405E17, #175E58

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9867DA

Lighter +30%#7C3ED0

Lighter +20%#632BB0

Lighter +10%#4C2187

Darker −10%#1E0D35

Darker −20%#07030C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#33086D

Less saturated −25%#37264F

Channel breakdown

R53

G23

B94

Red53 (20.8%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue265.35°

Saturation (HSL)60.68%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 35 · G 17 · B 5E

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