Recognised as Colour

#1E1636

#1E1636
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#1E1636 is a violet with RGB values 30, 22, 54 and HSL 255°, 42%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#1E1636

RGBrgb(30, 22, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.0863, 0.2118

RGB percentages11.8%, 8.6%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(255, 42.1%, 14.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255, 59.3%, 21.2%)

CMYK44.4%, 59.3%, 0%, 78.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,971,766

CSS custom property--colour: #1E1636;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.17:1

Contrast with white17.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#E1E9C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#091C37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0B1B35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Tritanopia#181C23no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 25.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 35.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.6 Dim grey · ΔE 41.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 46.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 25.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E3616

Analogous#161E36, #2E1636

Triadic#361E16, #16361E

Split complementary#362E16, #1E3616

Tetradic#36161E, #2E3616, #16362E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#745CBC

Lighter +30%#5A42A3

Lighter +20%#46347E

Lighter +10%#32255A

Darker −10%#0A0712

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#190D40

Less saturated −25%#23202D

Channel breakdown

R30

G22

B54

Red30 (11.8%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue255°

Saturation (HSL)42.11%

Lightness14.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 1E · G 16 · B 36

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