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Recognised as Colour

#140A2F

  • #140A2F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#140A2F is a violet with RGB values 20, 10, 47 and HSL 256°, 65%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#140A2F#140A2F
HEX#140A2F
RGBrgb(20, 10, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.0392, 0.1843
RGB percentages7.8%, 3.9%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(256.2, 64.9%, 11.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.2, 78.7%, 18.4%)
CMYK57.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 81.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,313,327
CSS custom property--colour: #140A2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness20.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.85:1
Contrast with white18.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0F0F0F
Inverted#EBF5D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001230no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#00102Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#0B131Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 27.3Midnight blue · ΔE 33.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 34.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 41.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 46.6Dim grey · ΔE 47.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#252F0A
Analogous#0A122F, #270A2F
Triadic#2F140A, #0A2F14
Split complementary#2F260A, #132F0A
Tetradic#2F0A12, #252F0A, #0A2F27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5D32D3
Lighter +30%#4A25AD
Lighter +20%#381C83
Lighter +10%#261359
Darker −10%#020105
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#110336
Less saturated −25%#171128

Channel breakdown

R20
G10
B47
Red20 (7.8%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue256.22°
Saturation (HSL)64.91%
Lightness11.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 0A · B 2F

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