Recognised as Colour

#170F2E

#170F2E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#170F2E is a violet with RGB values 23, 15, 46 and HSL 255°, 51%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#170F2E

RGBrgb(23, 15, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.0588, 0.1804

RGB percentages9%, 5.9%, 18%

HSLhsl(255.5, 50.8%, 12%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.5, 67.4%, 18%)

CMYK50%, 67.4%, 0%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,511,214

CSS custom property--colour: #170F2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness23.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.35:1

Contrast with white18.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#E8F0D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#02152Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#03142Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#11161Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 24.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 35.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 36.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.4 Dim grey · ΔE 44.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 48.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 24.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#262E0F

Analogous#0F162E, #270F2E

Triadic#2E170F, #0F2E17

Split complementary#2E270F, #162E0F

Tetradic#2E0F16, #262E0F, #0F2E27

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6646C3

Lighter +30%#5135A1

Lighter +20%#3D287B

Lighter +10%#2A1C54

Darker −10%#040208

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#130736

Less saturated −25%#1B1726

Channel breakdown

R23

G15

B46

Red23 (9%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue255.48°

Saturation (HSL)50.82%

Lightness11.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 17 · G 0F · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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