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Recognised as Colour

#39115E

  • #39115E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#39115E is a violet with RGB values 57, 17, 94 and HSL 271°, 69%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#39115E#39115E
HEX#39115E
RGBrgb(57, 17, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.0667, 0.3686
RGB percentages22.4%, 6.7%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(271.2, 69.4%, 21.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 81.9%, 36.9%)
CMYK39.4%, 81.9%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,739,998
CSS custom property--colour: #39115E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.83:1
Contrast with white14.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#C6EEA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002760no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00275Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#312537no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 21Indigo · ΔE 23.4Purple · ΔE 27.6Navy · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#365E11
Analogous#13115E, #5E115D
Triadic#5E3911, #115E39
Split complementary#5D5E11, #115E12
Tetradic#5E1211, #365E11, #115D5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A05AE1
Lighter +30%#872FD9
Lighter +20%#6D21B4
Lighter +10%#531989
Darker −10%#1F0933
Darker −20%#050108
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3A036C
Less saturated −25%#381F50

Channel breakdown

R57
G17
B94
Red57 (22.4%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue271.17°
Saturation (HSL)69.37%
Lightness21.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G 11 · B 5E

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