Recognised as Colour

#27102D

#27102D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#27102D is a violet with RGB values 39, 16, 45 and HSL 288°, 48%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#27102D#27102D

HEX#27102D

RGBrgb(39, 16, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.0627, 0.1765

RGB percentages15.3%, 6.3%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(287.6, 47.5%, 12%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.6, 64.4%, 17.6%)

CMYK13.3%, 64.4%, 0%, 82.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,560,045

CSS custom property--colour: #27102D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness28.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.53:1

Contrast with white17.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#D8EFD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0A182Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#121A2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Tritanopia#27141Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 24.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 36.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 38.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.6 Dim grey · ΔE 42.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 47.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 24.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#162D10

Analogous#19102D, #2D1025

Triadic#2D2710, #102D27

Split complementary#252D10, #102D19

Tetradic#2D1910, #162D10, #10242D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A74ABF

Lighter +30%#89389E

Lighter +20%#682B78

Lighter +10%#481D53

Darker −10%#060307

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2B0835

Less saturated −25%#231825

Channel breakdown

R39

G16

B45

Red39 (15.3%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue287.59°

Saturation (HSL)47.54%

Lightness11.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 27 · G 10 · B 2D

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