Recognised as Colour

#27112F

#27112F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#27112F is a violet with RGB values 39, 17, 47 and HSL 284°, 47%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#27112F#27112F

HEX#27112F

RGBrgb(39, 17, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.0667, 0.1843

RGB percentages15.3%, 6.7%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(284, 46.9%, 12.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284, 63.8%, 18.4%)

CMYK17%, 63.8%, 0%, 81.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,560,303

CSS custom property--colour: #27112F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.39:1

Contrast with white17.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#D8EED0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0A1930no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#111B2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Tritanopia#27161Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 25.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 35.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 37.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.6 Dim grey · ΔE 42.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 46.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 25.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#192F11

Analogous#18112F, #2F1128

Triadic#2F2711, #112F27

Split complementary#282F11, #112F18

Tetradic#2F1811, #192F11, #11282F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A04DBF

Lighter +30%#843A9F

Lighter +20%#652C7A

Lighter +10%#461F54

Darker −10%#08030A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2B0937

Less saturated −25%#231927

Channel breakdown

R39

G17

B47

Red39 (15.3%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue284°

Saturation (HSL)46.88%

Lightness12.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 27 · G 11 · B 2F

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