Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#240E2E

  • #240E2E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#240E2E is a violet with RGB values 36, 14, 46 and HSL 281°, 53%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#240E2E#240E2E
HEX#240E2E
RGBrgb(36, 14, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.0549, 0.1804
RGB percentages14.1%, 5.5%, 18%
HSLhsl(281.3, 53.3%, 11.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 69.6%, 18%)
CMYK21.7%, 69.6%, 0%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,362,926
CSS custom property--colour: #240E2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness27.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.84:1
Contrast with white17.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#151515
Inverted#DBF1D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#06162Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0D182Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#23131Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 26.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 34.9Midnight blue · ΔE 36.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 40.3Dim grey · ΔE 44.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 46.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 26.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#182E0E
Analogous#140E2E, #2E0E28
Triadic#2E240E, #0E2E24
Split complementary#282E0E, #0E2E14
Tetradic#2E140E, #182E0E, #0E282E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9D42C6
Lighter +30%#8032A3
Lighter +20%#61267C
Lighter +10%#431A55
Darker −10%#050207
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#270735
Less saturated −25%#211626

Channel breakdown

R36
G14
B46
Red36 (14.1%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue281.25°
Saturation (HSL)53.33%
Lightness11.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 0E · B 2E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “240e2e” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.