Recognised as Colour

#06040C

#06040C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#06040C is a violet with RGB values 6, 4, 12 and HSL 255°, 50%, 3%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#06040C#06040C

HEX#06040C

RGBrgb(6, 4, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.0157, 0.0471

RGB percentages2.4%, 1.6%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(255, 50%, 3.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255, 66.7%, 4.7%)

CMYK50%, 66.7%, 0%, 95.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer394,252

CSS custom property--colour: #06040C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.38:1

Contrast with white20.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#050505

Inverted#F9FBF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#03050Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#03050Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#050506no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 3.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.7 Dim grey · ΔE 43.2 Slate grey · ΔE 52.2 Gray · ΔE 52.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 54.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 3.6, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A0C04

Analogous#04060C, #0A040C

Triadic#0C0604, #040C06

Split complementary#0C0A04, #060C04

Tetradic#0C0406, #0A0C04, #040C0A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5337A5

Lighter +30%#3F2A7F

Lighter +20%#2C1E59

Lighter +10%#191132

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#05020E

Less saturated −25%#07060A

Channel breakdown

B12

Red6 (2.4%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue255°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness3.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 04 · B 0C

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