Recognised as Colour

#150E1E

#150E1E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#150E1E is a violet with RGB values 21, 14, 30 and HSL 266°, 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

#150E1E#150E1E

HEX#150E1E

RGBrgb(21, 14, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.0549, 0.1176

RGB percentages8.2%, 5.5%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(266.3, 36.4%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 53.3%, 11.8%)

CMYK30%, 53.3%, 0%, 88.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,379,870

CSS custom property--colour: #150E1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness18.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.86:1

Contrast with white18.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#EAF1E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0A111Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0C111Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#141114no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 12.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.4 Dim grey · ΔE 40.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 46 Slate grey · ΔE 48.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 48.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 12.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#171E0E

Analogous#0E0F1E, #1D0E1E

Triadic#1E150E, #0E1E15

Split complementary#1E1D0E, #0F1E0E

Tetradic#1E0E0F, #171E0E, #0E1E1D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#764FA9

Lighter +30%#5E3F86

Lighter +20%#462E64

Lighter +10%#2D1E41

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#140824

Less saturated −25%#161418

Channel breakdown

R21

G14

B30

Red21 (8.2%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue266.25°

Saturation (HSL)36.36%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 15 · G 0E · B 1E

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Colour harmonies

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