Recognised as Colour

#40035F

#40035F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#40035F is a violet with RGB values 64, 3, 95 and HSL 280°, 94%, 19%. 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

#40035F#40035F

HEX#40035F

RGBrgb(64, 3, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0118, 0.3725

RGB percentages25.1%, 1.2%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(279.8, 93.9%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.8, 96.8%, 37.3%)

CMYK32.6%, 96.8%, 0%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,195,167

CSS custom property--colour: #40035F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.04:1

Contrast with white15.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#BFFCA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002461no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#00275Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#3B1F35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.5 Indigo · ΔE 18.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.2 Purple · ΔE 22.6 Navy · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#225F03

Analogous#12035F, #5F0350

Triadic#5F4003, #035F40

Split complementary#505F03, #035F12

Tetradic#5F1203, #225F03, #03505F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B735F9

Lighter +30%#A408F3

Lighter +20%#8306C2

Lighter +10%#610590

Darker −10%#1F012E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#410062

Less saturated −25%#3C0F53

Channel breakdown

R64

B95

Red64 (25.1%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue279.78°

Saturation (HSL)93.88%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 03 · B 5F

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