Colour

#22022A

#22022A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#22022A is a violet with RGB values 34, 2, 42 and HSL 288°, 91%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#22022A#22022A

HEX#22022A

RGBrgb(34, 2, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.0078, 0.1647

RGB percentages13.3%, 0.8%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(288, 90.9%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288, 95.2%, 16.5%)

CMYK19%, 95.2%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,228,778

CSS custom property--colour: #22022A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness23.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.92:1

Contrast with white18.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0C0C0C

Inverted#DDFDD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#000F2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Deuteranopia#041229no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Tritanopia#220915no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 29.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 34 Dark slateblue · ΔE 35.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 44.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 45.8 Purple · ΔE 47.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 29.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A2A02

Analogous#0E022A, #2A021E

Triadic#2A2202, #022A22

Split complementary#1E2A02, #022A0E

Tetradic#2A0E02, #0A2A02, #021E2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C00BED

Lighter +30%#9809BC

Lighter +20%#71078B

Lighter +10%#49045B

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#23002C

Less saturated −25%#1F0825

Channel breakdown

R34

B42

Red34 (13.3%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue288°

Saturation (HSL)90.91%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 22 · G 02 · B 2A

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