Colour

#04000C

#04000C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#04000C is a violet with RGB values 4, 0, 12 and HSL 260°, 100%, 2%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#04000C#04000C

HEX#04000C

RGBrgb(4, 0, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0, 0.0471

RGB percentages1.6%, 0%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(260, 100%, 2.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 100%, 4.7%)

CMYK66.7%, 100%, 0%, 95.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer262,156

CSS custom property--colour: #04000C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness4.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.78:1

Contrast with white20.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#020202

Inverted#FBFFF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00020Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#00020Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#030104no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34 Dim grey · ΔE 44.2 Slate grey · ΔE 53 Gray · ΔE 53.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 53.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 5.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#080C00

Analogous#00020C, #0A000C

Triadic#0C0400, #000C04

Split complementary#0C0A00, #020C00

Tetradic#0C0002, #080C00, #000C0A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#4800D8

Lighter +30%#3700A5

Lighter +20%#260072

Lighter +10%#15003F

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#04000C

Less saturated −25%#04020A

Channel breakdown

B12

Red4 (1.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness2.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G 00 · B 0C

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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