Colour

#09050B

#09050B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#09050B is a violet with RGB values 9, 5, 11 and HSL 280°, 38%, 3%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#09050B#09050B

HEX#09050B

RGBrgb(9, 5, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.0196, 0.0431

RGB percentages3.5%, 2%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(280, 37.5%, 3.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 54.5%, 4.3%)

CMYK18.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 95.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer591,115

CSS custom property--colour: #09050B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness7.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.23:1

Contrast with white20.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#060606

Inverted#F6FAF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#04060Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#05060Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#090607no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 3.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.6 Dim grey · ΔE 42.8 Gray · ΔE 51.9 Slate grey · ΔE 52 Light slate grey · ΔE 55.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 3.19, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#070B05

Analogous#06050B, #0B050A

Triadic#0B0905, #050B09

Split complementary#0A0B05, #050B06

Tetradic#0B0605, #070B05, #050A0B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7C4597

Lighter +30%#5F3574

Lighter +20%#422551

Lighter +10%#26152E

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0A030D

Less saturated −25%#080709

Channel breakdown

B11

Red9 (3.5%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)37.5%

Lightness3.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 05 · B 0B

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