Recognised as Colour

#140E1E

#140E1E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#140E1E is a violet with RGB values 20, 14, 30 and HSL 263°, 36%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#140E1E

RGBrgb(20, 14, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.0549, 0.1176

RGB percentages7.8%, 5.5%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(262.5, 36.4%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 53.3%, 11.8%)

CMYK33.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 88.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,314,334

CSS custom property--colour: #140E1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness18.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.9:1

Contrast with white18.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#EBF1E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0A111Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0B111Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#121114no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 12.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.3 Dim grey · ΔE 41 Dark slateblue · ΔE 46.1 Slate grey · ΔE 48.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 48.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 12.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#181E0E

Analogous#0E101E, #1C0E1E

Triadic#1E140E, #0E1E14

Split complementary#1E1C0E, #101E0E

Tetradic#1E0E10, #181E0E, #0E1E1C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#714FA9

Lighter +30%#5A3F86

Lighter +20%#422E64

Lighter +10%#2B1E41

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#130824

Less saturated −25%#151418

Channel breakdown

R20

G14

B30

Red20 (7.8%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue262.5°

Saturation (HSL)36.36%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 14 · G 0E · B 1E

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Colour values

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