#240750

A very dark, vivid purple closely aligning with Midnightblue.

About #240750

When working with digital screens, the color #240750 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Midnightblue. Its digital footprint relies on 36 parts red, 7 parts green, and 80 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 55% cyan and 91% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 263.8° hue, 83.9% saturation, and 17.1% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#240750
RGB36, 7, 80
HSL263.8°, 83.9%, 17.1%
CMYK55%, 91%, 0%, 69%
HSV263.8°, 91.2%, 31.4%
LAB9.8, 32.2, -38.1
XYZ2.3, 1.1, 7.7
Decimal2361168

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

17.20:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.22:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
16.44:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.04:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #240750; }
.text-color { color: #240750; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #240750; }

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