Recognised as Colour

#261B30

#261B30
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#261B30 is a violet with RGB values 38, 27, 48 and HSL 271°, 28%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#261B30#261B30

HEX#261B30

RGBrgb(38, 27, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.1059, 0.1882

RGB percentages14.9%, 10.6%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(271.4, 28%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 43.8%, 18.8%)

CMYK20.8%, 43.8%, 0%, 81.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,497,328

CSS custom property--colour: #261B30;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness33.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.38:1

Contrast with white16.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#D9E4CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#171F31no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#19202Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#251E23no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 20 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.6 Dim grey · ΔE 36.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.7 Slate grey · ΔE 42.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 43.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 19.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25301B

Analogous#1C1B30, #301B30

Triadic#30261B, #1B3026

Split complementary#2F301B, #1B301C

Tetradic#301C1B, #25301B, #1B2F30

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8D6BAC

Lighter +30%#745292

Lighter +20%#5A4071

Lighter +10%#402D51

Darker −10%#0C090F

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#261239

Less saturated −25%#262427

Channel breakdown

R38

G27

B48

Red38 (14.9%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue271.43°

Saturation (HSL)28%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G 1B · B 30

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