Recognised as Colour

#40094C

#40094C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#40094C is a violet with RGB values 64, 9, 76 and HSL 289°, 79%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#40094C#40094C

HEX#40094C

RGBrgb(64, 9, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0353, 0.298

RGB percentages25.1%, 3.5%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(289.3, 78.8%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 88.2%, 29.8%)

CMYK15.8%, 88.2%, 0%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,196,684

CSS custom property--colour: #40094C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.42:1

Contrast with white15.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#BFF6B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00214Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0F264Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Tritanopia#40182Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 22.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.9 Purple · ΔE 29.5 Indigo · ΔE 31 Dark magenta · ΔE 34.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 22.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#154C09

Analogous#1E094C, #4C0937

Triadic#4C4009, #094C40

Split complementary#364C09, #094C1F

Tetradic#4C1F09, #154C09, #09374C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C839E8

Lighter +30%#B319D5

Lighter +20%#8D14A7

Lighter +10%#660E7A

Darker −10%#1A041E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#460055

Less saturated −25%#391441

Channel breakdown

R64

B76

Red64 (25.1%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue289.25°

Saturation (HSL)78.82%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 09 · B 4C

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