Recognised as Colour

#1C122A

#1C122A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#1C122A is a violet with RGB values 28, 18, 42 and HSL 265°, 40%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#1C122A#1C122A

HEX#1C122A

RGBrgb(28, 18, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.0706, 0.1647

RGB percentages11%, 7.1%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(265, 40%, 11.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265, 57.1%, 16.5%)

CMYK33.3%, 57.1%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,839,658

CSS custom property--colour: #1C122A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness25 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.96:1

Contrast with white17.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#E3EDD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0B172Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0D1729no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Tritanopia#19161Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 20.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.8 Dim grey · ΔE 41.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 41.3 Slate grey · ΔE 47.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 20.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#202A12

Analogous#12142A, #28122A

Triadic#2A1C12, #122A1C

Split complementary#2A2812, #142A12

Tetradic#2A1214, #202A12, #122A28

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7C53B5

Lighter +30%#634095

Lighter +20%#4C3171

Lighter +10%#34214E

Darker −10%#040306

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1B0B31

Less saturated −25%#1D1922

Channel breakdown

R28

G18

B42

Red28 (11%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue265°

Saturation (HSL)40%

Lightness11.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 1C · G 12 · B 2A

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