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Recognised as Colour

#290A53

  • #290A53
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#290A53 is a violet with RGB values 41, 10, 83 and HSL 265°, 78%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#290A53#290A53
HEX#290A53
RGBrgb(41, 10, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.0392, 0.3255
RGB percentages16.1%, 3.9%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(265.5, 78.5%, 18.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.5, 88%, 32.5%)
CMYK50.6%, 88%, 0%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,689,619
CSS custom property--colour: #290A53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness36.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.63:1
Contrast with white16.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#161616
Inverted#D6F5AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001F55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#001D52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#1D1F2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.8Indigo · ΔE 26.5Navy · ΔE 31.1Purple · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#34530A
Analogous#0A0F53, #4E0A53
Triadic#53290A, #0A5329
Split complementary#534E0A, #0F530A
Tetradic#530A0F, #34530A, #0A534E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8841E8
Lighter +30%#6C1ADC
Lighter +20%#5615AE
Lighter +10%#3F0F81
Darker −10%#130525
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#27005D
Less saturated −25%#2B1647

Channel breakdown

R41
G10
B83
Red41 (16.1%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue265.48°
Saturation (HSL)78.49%
Lightness18.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 0A · B 53

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