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Recognised as Colour

#27074E

  • #27074E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#27074E is a violet with RGB values 39, 7, 78 and HSL 267°, 84%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#27074E#27074E
HEX#27074E
RGBrgb(39, 7, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.0275, 0.3059
RGB percentages15.3%, 2.7%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(267, 83.5%, 16.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267, 91%, 30.6%)
CMYK50%, 91%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,557,774
CSS custom property--colour: #27074E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness34.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.12:1
Contrast with white17.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#D8F8B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001C50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#1C1C2Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.5Indigo · ΔE 28Navy · ΔE 32.4Purple · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E4E07
Analogous#070A4E, #4B074E
Triadic#4E2707, #074E27
Split complementary#4E4B07, #0A4E07
Tetradic#4E070A, #2E4E07, #074E4B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8734ED
Lighter +30%#6D14DA
Lighter +20%#560FAC
Lighter +10%#3E0B7D
Darker −10%#10031F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#260055
Less saturated −25%#281243

Channel breakdown

R39
G7
B78
Red39 (15.3%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue267.04°
Saturation (HSL)83.53%
Lightness16.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G 07 · B 4E

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