Recognised as Colour

#26162C

#26162C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#26162C is a violet with RGB values 38, 22, 44 and HSL 284°, 33%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#26162C#26162C

HEX#26162C

RGBrgb(38, 22, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.0863, 0.1725

RGB percentages14.9%, 8.6%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(283.6, 33.3%, 12.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 50%, 17.3%)

CMYK13.6%, 50%, 0%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,496,044

CSS custom property--colour: #26162C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness30.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.02:1

Contrast with white17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#D9E9D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#121B2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#161D2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Tritanopia#26191Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 20.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.4 Dim grey · ΔE 38.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 42.6 Slate grey · ΔE 45.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 20.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C2C16

Analogous#1B162C, #2C1627

Triadic#2C2616, #162C26

Split complementary#272C16, #162C1B

Tetradic#2C1B16, #1C2C16, #16272C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#995FAF

Lighter +30%#7E4992

Lighter +20%#613870

Lighter +10%#43274E

Darker −10%#09050A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2A0E34

Less saturated −25%#221E24

Channel breakdown

R38

G22

B44

Red38 (14.9%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue283.64°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness12.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G 16 · B 2C

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