Colour

#40115C

#40115C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#40115C is a violet with RGB values 64, 17, 92 and HSL 278°, 69%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#40115C

RGBrgb(64, 17, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0667, 0.3608

RGB percentages25.1%, 6.7%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(277.6, 68.8%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 81.5%, 36.1%)

CMYK30.4%, 81.5%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,198,748

CSS custom property--colour: #40115C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.46:1

Contrast with white14.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#BFEEA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00285Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#002A5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Tritanopia#3C2336no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.5 Indigo · ΔE 24.7 Purple · ΔE 26.4 Dark magenta · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D5C11

Analogous#1B115C, #5C1152

Triadic#5C4011, #115C40

Split complementary#525C11, #115C1B

Tetradic#5C1B11, #2D5C11, #11525C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AE59E0

Lighter +30%#992ED8

Lighter +20%#7C21B2

Lighter +10%#5E1987

Darker −10%#220931

Darker −20%#040106

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#43036A

Less saturated −25%#3D1F4E

Channel breakdown

R64

G17

B92

Red64 (25.1%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue277.6°

Saturation (HSL)68.81%

Lightness21.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 11 · B 5C

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