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Recognised as Colour

#36015B

  • #36015B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#36015B is a violet with RGB values 54, 1, 91 and HSL 275°, 98%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#36015B#36015B
HEX#36015B
RGBrgb(54, 1, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.0039, 0.3569
RGB percentages21.2%, 0.4%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(275.3, 97.8%, 18%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 98.9%, 35.7%)
CMYK40.7%, 98.9%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,539,291
CSS custom property--colour: #36015B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness42.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16:1
Contrast with white16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#C9FEA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00215Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#002159no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#2E1E32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.8Indigo · ΔE 19Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.8Navy · ΔE 25.5Purple · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#265B01
Analogous#09015B, #5B0153
Triadic#5B3601, #015B36
Split complementary#535B01, #015B09
Tetradic#5B0901, #265B01, #01535B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A72BFD
Lighter +30%#9003F2
Lighter +20%#7202C0
Lighter +10%#54028D
Darker −10%#180029
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#36005C
Less saturated −25%#340C50

Channel breakdown

R54
G1
B91
Red54 (21.2%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue275.33°
Saturation (HSL)97.83%
Lightness18.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G 01 · B 5B

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