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Recognised as Colour

#40034C

  • #40034C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#40034C is a magenta with RGB values 64, 3, 76 and HSL 290°, 92%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#40034C#40034C
HEX#40034C
RGBrgb(64, 3, 76)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0118, 0.298
RGB percentages25.1%, 1.2%, 29.8%
HSLhsl(290.1, 92.4%, 15.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(290.1, 96.1%, 29.8%)
CMYK15.8%, 96.1%, 0%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,195,148
CSS custom property--colour: #40034C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness43.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.73:1
Contrast with white15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#151515
Inverted#BFFCB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001F4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0A254Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#40152Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 21.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.1Purple · ΔE 27.8Indigo · ΔE 29Dark magenta · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 21.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0F4C03
Analogous#1C034C, #4C0333
Triadic#4C4003, #034C40
Split complementary#344C03, #034C1B
Tetradic#4C1C03, #0F4C03, #03334C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D425F6
Lighter +30%#BC09DF
Lighter +20%#9307AE
Lighter +10%#69057D
Darker −10%#17011B
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#42004F
Less saturated −25%#390D42

Channel breakdown

R64
G3
B76
Red64 (25.1%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue76 (29.8%)
Hue290.14°
Saturation (HSL)92.41%
Lightness15.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G 03 · B 4C

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