Colour

#290F66

#290F66
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#290F66 is a violet with RGB values 41, 15, 102 and HSL 258°, 74%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#290F66#290F66

HEX#290F66

RGBrgb(41, 15, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.0588, 0.4

RGB percentages16.1%, 5.9%, 40%

HSLhsl(257.9, 74.4%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 85.3%, 40%)

CMYK59.8%, 85.3%, 0%, 60%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,690,918

CSS custom property--colour: #290F66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.5:1

Contrast with white15.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#D6F099

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002668no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Deuteranopia#002264no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Tritanopia#0C293Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 5.8 Indigo · ΔE 18.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20 Navy · ΔE 22.4 Dark blue · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C660F

Analogous#0F2166, #540F66

Triadic#66290F, #0F6629

Split complementary#66540F, #21660F

Tetradic#660F21, #4C660F, #0F6654

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#845AE7

Lighter +30%#632EE0

Lighter +20%#4D1CBF

Lighter +10%#3B1692

Darker −10%#17083A

Darker −20%#05020D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#230075

Less saturated −25%#2F1E57

Channel breakdown

R41

G15

B102

Red41 (16.1%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue257.93°

Saturation (HSL)74.36%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 29 · G 0F · B 66

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