Recognised as Colour

#290A47

#290A47
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#290A47 is a violet with RGB values 41, 10, 71 and HSL 270°, 75%, 16%. 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

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HEX#290A47

RGBrgb(41, 10, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.0392, 0.2784

RGB percentages16.1%, 3.9%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(270.5, 75.3%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 85.9%, 27.8%)

CMYK42.3%, 85.9%, 0%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,689,607

CSS custom property--colour: #290A47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness33.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.09:1

Contrast with white17.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#D6F5B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001B49no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#001B46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#221A28no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 19.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 31 Indigo · ΔE 33.2 Purple · ΔE 36.2 Navy · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 19.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28470A

Analogous#0A0A47, #470A47

Triadic#47290A, #0A4729

Split complementary#47470A, #0A470A

Tetradic#470A0A, #28470A, #0A4747

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#903AE3

Lighter +30%#761DCD

Lighter +20%#5D17A0

Lighter +10%#431074

Darker −10%#0F041A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#290051

Less saturated −25%#29143D

Channel breakdown

R41

G10

B71

Red41 (16.1%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue270.49°

Saturation (HSL)75.31%

Lightness15.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 29 · G 0A · B 47

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