Recognised as Colour

#39105B

#39105B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#39105B is a violet with RGB values 57, 16, 91 and HSL 273°, 70%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#39105B

RGBrgb(57, 16, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.0627, 0.3569

RGB percentages22.4%, 6.3%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(272.8, 70.1%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 82.4%, 35.7%)

CMYK37.4%, 82.4%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,739,739

CSS custom property--colour: #39105B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.01:1

Contrast with white15.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#C6EFA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00265Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#00275Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#322335no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.1 Indigo · ΔE 24.6 Purple · ΔE 28.1 Navy · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#325B10

Analogous#13105B, #5B1058

Triadic#5B3910, #105B39

Split complementary#575B10, #105B14

Tetradic#5B1410, #325B10, #10585B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A256E1

Lighter +30%#8A2ADA

Lighter +20%#6F1FB2

Lighter +10%#541886

Darker −10%#1E0830

Darker −20%#030104

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3A0368

Less saturated −25%#381D4E

Channel breakdown

R57

G16

B91

Red57 (22.4%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue272.8°

Saturation (HSL)70.09%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 39 · G 10 · B 5B

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