Recognised as Colour

#09001E

#09001E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#09001E is a violet with RGB values 9, 0, 30 and HSL 258°, 100%, 6%. 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

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HEX#09001E

RGBrgb(9, 0, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0, 0.1176

RGB percentages3.5%, 0%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(258, 100%, 5.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258, 100%, 11.8%)

CMYK70%, 100%, 0%, 88.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer589,854

CSS custom property--colour: #09001E;

Brightness & contrast

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

Perceived brightness11.3 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#040404

Inverted#F6FFE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00051Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#00051Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#04060Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 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 17.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 43.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 44.2 Dim grey · ΔE 46.3 Slate grey · ΔE 52.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 17.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#151E00

Analogous#00061E, #18001E

Triadic#1E0900, #001E09

Split complementary#1E1800, #061E00

Tetradic#1E0006, #151E00, #001E18

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#4600EA

Lighter +30%#3700B7

Lighter +20%#280084

Lighter +10%#180051

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#09001E

Less saturated −25%#0A041A

Channel breakdown

B30

Red9 (3.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue258°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness5.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 00 · B 1E

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Colour harmonies

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