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Recognised as Colour

#15014B

  • #15014B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#15014B is a violet with RGB values 21, 1, 75 and HSL 256°, 97%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#15014B#15014B
HEX#15014B
RGBrgb(21, 1, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.0039, 0.2941
RGB percentages8.2%, 0.4%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(256.2, 97.4%, 14.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.2, 98.7%, 29.4%)
CMYK72%, 98.7%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,376,587
CSS custom property--colour: #15014B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness27.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.46:1
Contrast with white18.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0B0B0B
Inverted#EAFEB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00164Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#00114Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#001A28no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.4Indigo · ΔE 27.3Navy · ΔE 29.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.5Dark blue · ΔE 34.6
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#374B01
Analogous#01124B, #3A014B
Triadic#4B1501, #014B15
Split complementary#4B3A01, #124B01
Tetradic#4B0112, #374B01, #014B3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#591CFC
Lighter +30%#3F03E2
Lighter +20%#3102B0
Lighter +10%#23027D
Darker −10%#070019
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#15004C
Less saturated −25%#190A42

Channel breakdown

R21
G1
B75
Red21 (8.2%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue256.22°
Saturation (HSL)97.37%
Lightness14.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G 01 · B 4B

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