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Recognised as Colour

#37124F

  • #37124F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#37124F is a violet with RGB values 55, 18, 79 and HSL 276°, 63%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#37124F#37124F
HEX#37124F
RGBrgb(55, 18, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.0706, 0.3098
RGB percentages21.6%, 7.1%, 31%
HSLhsl(276.4, 62.9%, 19%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.4, 77.2%, 31%)
CMYK30.4%, 77.2%, 0%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,609,167
CSS custom property--colour: #37124F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness42.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.42:1
Contrast with white15.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#C8EDB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002351no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#05254Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#33202Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 19.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.3Indigo · ΔE 32.4Purple · ΔE 33.2Dark magenta · ΔE 38.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 19.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A4F12
Analogous#18124F, #4F1249
Triadic#4F3712, #124F37
Split complementary#494F12, #124F18
Tetradic#4F1812, #2A4F12, #12494F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A555D8
Lighter +30%#8E2ECC
Lighter +20%#7125A2
Lighter +10%#541B79
Darker −10%#1A0925
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3A065B
Less saturated −25%#341E43

Channel breakdown

R55
G18
B79
Red55 (21.6%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue276.39°
Saturation (HSL)62.89%
Lightness19.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 37 · G 12 · B 4F

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