Colour

#36004E

#36004E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#36004E is a violet with RGB values 54, 0, 78 and HSL 282°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#36004E

RGBrgb(54, 0, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0, 0.3059

RGB percentages21.2%, 0%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(281.5, 100%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 100%, 30.6%)

CMYK30.8%, 100%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,539,022

CSS custom property--colour: #36004E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.58:1

Contrast with white16.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#C9FFB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001C50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#001F4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Tritanopia#33172Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.9 Indigo · ΔE 25.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.7 Purple · ΔE 28.2 Navy · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#184E00

Analogous#0F004E, #4E003F

Triadic#4E3600, #004E36

Split complementary#3F4E00, #004E0F

Tetradic#4E0F00, #184E00, #003F4E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B91BFF

Lighter +30%#A000E7

Lighter +20%#7D00B4

Lighter +10%#590081

Darker −10%#13001B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#36004E

Less saturated −25%#320A44

Channel breakdown

R54

B78

Red54 (21.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue281.54°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness15.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 36 · G 00 · B 4E

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