Recognised as Colour

#16031B

#16031B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#16031B is a violet with RGB values 22, 3, 27 and HSL 288°, 80%, 6%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#16031B#16031B

HEX#16031B

RGBrgb(22, 3, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0118, 0.1059

RGB percentages8.6%, 1.2%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(287.5, 80%, 5.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.5, 88.9%, 10.6%)

CMYK18.5%, 88.9%, 0%, 89.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,442,587

CSS custom property--colour: #16031B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness15.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.76:1

Contrast with white19.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#090909

Inverted#E9FCE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00091Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#040B1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Tritanopia#16060Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 15.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.8 Dim grey · ΔE 44.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 45 Midnight blue · ΔE 46.4 Slate grey · ΔE 51.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 15.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#081B03

Analogous#0A031B, #1B0314

Triadic#1B1603, #031B16

Split complementary#141B03, #031B0A

Tetradic#1B0A03, #081B03, #03141B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AC17D3

Lighter +30%#8612A5

Lighter +20%#610D77

Lighter +10%#3B0849

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#18001E

Less saturated −25%#140717

Channel breakdown

R22

B27

Red22 (8.6%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue287.5°

Saturation (HSL)80%

Lightness5.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 03 · B 1B

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