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Recognised as Colour

#17062B

  • #17062B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#17062B is a violet with RGB values 23, 6, 43 and HSL 268°, 76%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#17062B#17062B
HEX#17062B
RGBrgb(23, 6, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.0235, 0.1686
RGB percentages9%, 2.4%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(267.6, 75.5%, 9.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.6, 86%, 16.9%)
CMYK46.5%, 86%, 0%, 83.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,508,907
CSS custom property--colour: #17062B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness19.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.14:1
Contrast with white19.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0C0C0C
Inverted#E8F9D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#000F2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#000F2Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#130F17no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text19.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 26.3Midnight blue · ΔE 35.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 35.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 42.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 47.4Dim grey · ΔE 47.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 26.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A2B06
Analogous#06072B, #2A062B
Triadic#2B1706, #062B17
Split complementary#2B2A06, #072B06
Tetradic#2B0607, #1A2B06, #062B2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#771FDE
Lighter +30%#5F19B1
Lighter +20%#471285
Lighter +10%#2F0C58
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#170031
Less saturated −25%#170C25

Channel breakdown

R23
G6
B43
Red23 (9%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue267.57°
Saturation (HSL)75.51%
Lightness9.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 06 · B 2B

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