Recognised as Colour

#27174E

#27174E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#27174E is a violet with RGB values 39, 23, 78 and HSL 257°, 54%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#27174E#27174E

HEX#27174E

RGBrgb(39, 23, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.0902, 0.3059

RGB percentages15.3%, 9%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(257.5, 54.5%, 19.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.5, 70.5%, 30.6%)

CMYK50%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,561,870

CSS custom property--colour: #27174E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness38.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.92:1

Contrast with white15.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#D8E8B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002350no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#00214Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Tritanopia#1B2430no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 20.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.1 Indigo · ΔE 36.8 Purple · ΔE 39.7 Black · ΔE 41.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 20.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E4E17

Analogous#17224E, #43174E

Triadic#4E2717, #174E27

Split complementary#4E4217, #234E17

Tetradic#4E1722, #3E4E17, #174E43

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8161D0

Lighter +30%#623AC4

Lighter +20%#4E2E9D

Lighter +10%#3B2375

Darker −10%#130B27

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#220A5B

Less saturated −25%#2C2441

Channel breakdown

R39

G23

B78

Red39 (15.3%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue257.45°

Saturation (HSL)54.46%

Lightness19.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 27 · G 17 · B 4E

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