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Recognised as Colour

#290F56

  • #290F56
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#290F56 is a violet with RGB values 41, 15, 86 and HSL 262°, 70%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#290F56#290F56
HEX#290F56
RGBrgb(41, 15, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.0588, 0.3373
RGB percentages16.1%, 5.9%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(262, 70.3%, 19.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262, 82.6%, 33.7%)
CMYK52.3%, 82.6%, 0%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,690,902
CSS custom property--colour: #290F56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness38.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.19:1
Contrast with white16.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#D6F0A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002158no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#001F55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#1B2332no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.5Indigo · ΔE 27.2Navy · ΔE 31.6Purple · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C560F
Analogous#0F1856, #4D0F56
Triadic#56290F, #0F5629
Split complementary#564D0F, #18560F
Tetradic#560F18, #3C560F, #0F564D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8550E1
Lighter +30%#6726D8
Lighter +20%#521EAD
Lighter +10%#3E1781
Darker −10%#14072B
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#260263
Less saturated −25%#2C1C49

Channel breakdown

R41
G15
B86
Red41 (16.1%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue261.97°
Saturation (HSL)70.3%
Lightness19.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 0F · B 56

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