Colour

#250E2C

#250E2C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#250E2C is a violet with RGB values 37, 14, 44 and HSL 286°, 52%, 11%. 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

#250E2C#250E2C

HEX#250E2C

RGBrgb(37, 14, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.0549, 0.1725

RGB percentages14.5%, 5.5%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(286, 51.7%, 11.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286, 68.2%, 17.3%)

CMYK15.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,428,460

CSS custom property--colour: #250E2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00889WCAG 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 17.83:1

Contrast with white17.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#DAF1D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#08162Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0F182Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Tritanopia#25131Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 25.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 36.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 37.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 39.6 Dim grey · ΔE 43.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 47.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 25.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#152C0E

Analogous#160E2C, #2C0E24

Triadic#2C250E, #0E2C25

Split complementary#242C0E, #0E2C16

Tetradic#2C160E, #152C0E, #0E242C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A543C3

Lighter +30%#8733A0

Lighter +20%#662779

Lighter +10%#461A53

Darker −10%#040205

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#290733

Less saturated −25%#211525

Channel breakdown

R37

G14

B44

Red37 (14.5%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue286°

Saturation (HSL)51.72%

Lightness11.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 25 · G 0E · B 2C

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Colour values

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