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Recognised as Colour

#39206E

  • #39206E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#39206E is a violet with RGB values 57, 32, 110 and HSL 259°, 55%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#39206E#39206E
HEX#39206E
RGBrgb(57, 32, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.1255, 0.4314
RGB percentages22.4%, 12.5%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(259.2, 54.9%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.2, 70.9%, 43.1%)
CMYK48.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,743,854
CSS custom property--colour: #39206E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.08:1
Contrast with white13.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#C6DF91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003270no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#002F6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#293344no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 18Indigo · ΔE 23.4Purple · ΔE 29.2Navy · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#556E20
Analogous#202E6E, #60206E
Triadic#6E3920, #206E39
Split complementary#6E6020, #2E6E20
Tetradic#6E202E, #556E20, #206E60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9D80DA
Lighter +30%#7E58CF
Lighter +20%#6237BD
Lighter +10%#4D2B96
Darker −10%#251546
Darker −20%#10091F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#330E80
Less saturated −25%#3F325C

Channel breakdown

R57
G32
B110
Red57 (22.4%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue259.23°
Saturation (HSL)54.93%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G 20 · B 6E

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