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Recognised as Colour

#39259A

  • #39259A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#39259A is a blue with RGB values 57, 37, 154 and HSL 250°, 61%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#39259A#39259A
HEX#39259A
RGBrgb(57, 37, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.1451, 0.6039
RGB percentages22.4%, 14.5%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(250.3, 61.3%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.3, 76%, 60.4%)
CMYK63%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,745,178
CSS custom property--colour: #39259A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.02:1
Contrast with white11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#C6DA65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00409Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003898no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#00465Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 12.5Navy · ΔE 14Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.2Dark blue · ΔE 15.6Midnight blue · ΔE 18Slate blue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 12.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#869A25
Analogous#254B9A, #74259A
Triadic#9A3925, #259A39
Split complementary#9A7425, #4B9A25
Tetradic#9A254B, #869A25, #259A74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AEA2E9
Lighter +30%#8B79DF
Lighter +20%#6750D5
Lighter +10%#482FC3
Darker −10%#2A1B71
Darker −20%#1B1148
Darker −30%#0B071F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#290DB2
Less saturated −25%#493D82

Channel breakdown

R57
G37
B154
Red57 (22.4%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue250.26°
Saturation (HSL)61.26%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G 25 · B 9A

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