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Recognised as Colour

#170E1C

  • #170E1C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#170E1C is a violet with RGB values 23, 14, 28 and HSL 279°, 33%, 8%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#170E1C#170E1C
HEX#170E1C
RGBrgb(23, 14, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.0549, 0.1098
RGB percentages9%, 5.5%, 11%
HSLhsl(278.6, 33.3%, 8.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.6, 50%, 11%)
CMYK17.9%, 50%, 0%, 89%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,510,940
CSS custom property--colour: #170E1C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0058WCAG 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 18.82:1
Contrast with white18.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#111111
Inverted#E8F1E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C111Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0E121Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#171013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 11.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.2Dim grey · ΔE 40.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 47.1Slate grey · ΔE 48.5Gray · ΔE 49.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 11.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#131C0E
Analogous#100E1C, #1C0E1A
Triadic#1C170E, #0E1C17
Split complementary#1A1C0E, #0E1C10
Tetradic#1C100E, #131C0E, #0E1A1C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8752A4
Lighter +30%#6B4182
Lighter +20%#4F3060
Lighter +10%#331F3E
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#190921
Less saturated −25%#161317

Channel breakdown

R23
G14
B28
Red23 (9%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue278.57°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness8.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 0E · B 1C

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