Recognised as Colour

#09020C

#09020C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#09020C is a violet with RGB values 9, 2, 12 and HSL 282°, 71%, 3%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#09020C#09020C

HEX#09020C

RGBrgb(9, 2, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.0078, 0.0471

RGB percentages3.5%, 0.8%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(282, 71.4%, 2.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282, 83.3%, 4.7%)

CMYK25%, 83.3%, 0%, 95.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer590,348

CSS custom property--colour: #09020C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness6.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.48:1

Contrast with white20.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#040404

Inverted#F6FDF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#01040Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#02040Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#090305no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 4.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.6 Dim grey · ΔE 43.5 Slate grey · ΔE 52.5 Gray · ΔE 52.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 54

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 4.68, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#050C02

Analogous#04020C, #0C020A

Triadic#0C0902, #020C09

Split complementary#0A0C02, #020C04

Tetradic#0C0402, #050C02, #020A0C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8C1FBB

Lighter +30%#6B188F

Lighter +20%#4B1163

Lighter +10%#2A0938

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0A000E

Less saturated −25%#08040A

Channel breakdown

B12

Red9 (3.5%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue282°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness2.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 02 · B 0C

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