Recognised as Colour

#22092A

#22092A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#22092A is a violet with RGB values 34, 9, 42 and HSL 285°, 65%, 10%. 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#22092A

RGBrgb(34, 9, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.0353, 0.1647

RGB percentages13.3%, 3.5%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(285.5, 64.7%, 10%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.5, 78.6%, 16.5%)

CMYK19%, 78.6%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,230,570

CSS custom property--colour: #22092A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness24.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.41:1

Contrast with white18.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#DDF6D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#02122Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0A1529no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Tritanopia#220F18no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 26.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 36.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 36.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 41.8 Dim grey · ΔE 45.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 46.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 26.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#112A09

Analogous#12092A, #2A0921

Triadic#2A2209, #092A22

Split complementary#212A09, #092A12

Tetradic#2A1209, #112A09, #09212A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AA2DD2

Lighter +30%#8824A8

Lighter +20%#661B7E

Lighter +10%#441254

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#250330

Less saturated −25%#1F0F24

Channel breakdown

R34

B42

Red34 (13.3%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue285.45°

Saturation (HSL)64.71%

Lightness10%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 22 · G 09 · B 2A

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