Colour

#17002A

#17002A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#17002A is a violet with RGB values 23, 0, 42 and HSL 273°, 100%, 8%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#17002A

RGBrgb(23, 0, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0, 0.1647

RGB percentages9%, 0%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(272.9, 100%, 8.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 100%, 16.5%)

CMYK45.2%, 100%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,507,370

CSS custom property--colour: #17002A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness19 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.63:1

Contrast with white19.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#080808

Inverted#E8FFD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#000B2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#000B29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Tritanopia#130914no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 28.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 33.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 35.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 44.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 46.5 Indigo · ΔE 49.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 28.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#132A00

Analogous#02002A, #2A0028

Triadic#2A1700, #002A17

Split complementary#282A00, #002A02

Tetradic#2A0200, #132A00, #00282A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8700F6

Lighter +30%#6B00C3

Lighter +20%#4F0090

Lighter +10%#33005D

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#17002A

Less saturated −25%#170525

Channel breakdown

R23

B42

Red23 (9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue272.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness8.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 17 · G 00 · B 2A

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