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Recognised as Colour

#270B44

  • #270B44
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#270B44 is a violet with RGB values 39, 11, 68 and HSL 269°, 72%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#270B44#270B44
HEX#270B44
RGBrgb(39, 11, 68)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.0431, 0.2667
RGB percentages15.3%, 4.3%, 26.7%
HSLhsl(269.5, 72.2%, 15.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.5, 83.8%, 26.7%)
CMYK42.6%, 83.8%, 0%, 73.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,558,788
CSS custom property--colour: #270B44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness32.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.25:1
Contrast with white17.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#151515
Inverted#D8F4BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001B46no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B43no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#211A27no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 21.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.9Indigo · ΔE 35.5Purple · ΔE 38.1Navy · ΔE 40.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 21.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#28440B
Analogous#0B0C44, #430B44
Triadic#44270B, #0B4427
Split complementary#44430B, #0C440B
Tetradic#440B0C, #28440B, #0B4443

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8C3CDF
Lighter +30%#7320C8
Lighter +20%#59199C
Lighter +10%#401270
Darker −10%#0E0418
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#27014E
Less saturated −25%#27153A

Channel breakdown

R39
G11
B68
Red39 (15.3%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue68 (26.7%)
Hue269.47°
Saturation (HSL)72.15%
Lightness15.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G 0B · B 44

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