Recognised as Colour

#35224B

#35224B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#35224B is a violet with RGB values 53, 34, 75 and HSL 268°, 38%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#35224B#35224B

HEX#35224B

RGBrgb(53, 34, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.1333, 0.2941

RGB percentages20.8%, 13.3%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(267.8, 37.6%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.8, 54.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK29.3%, 54.7%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,482,187

CSS custom property--colour: #35224B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02409WCAG 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 14.17:1

Contrast with white14.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#CADDB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#162A4Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#1B2B4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Tritanopia#312933no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 25 Midnight blue · ΔE 30.3 Black · ΔE 34 Rebecca purple · ΔE 37.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.3 Dim grey · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 25.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#384B22

Analogous#22244B, #4A224B

Triadic#4B3522, #224B35

Split complementary#4B4A22, #244B22

Tetradic#4B2224, #384B22, #224B49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9A77C2

Lighter +30%#8054B2

Lighter +20%#674291

Lighter +10%#4E326E

Darker −10%#1C1228

Darker −20%#030205

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#341459

Less saturated −25%#36303D

Channel breakdown

R53

G34

B75

Red53 (20.8%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue267.8°

Saturation (HSL)37.61%

Lightness21.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 35 · G 22 · B 4B

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