Colour

#290F6A

#290F6A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#290F6A is a violet with RGB values 41, 15, 106 and HSL 257°, 75%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#290F6A#290F6A

HEX#290F6A

RGBrgb(41, 15, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.0588, 0.4157

RGB percentages16.1%, 5.9%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(257.1, 75.2%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 85.8%, 41.6%)

CMYK61.3%, 85.8%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,690,922

CSS custom property--colour: #290F6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.32:1

Contrast with white15.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#D6F095

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00276Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#002268no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#062B3Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 5.7 Indigo · ΔE 16.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2 Navy · ΔE 20.2 Dark blue · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 5.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#506A0F

Analogous#0F236A, #560F6A

Triadic#6A290F, #0F6A29

Split complementary#6A560F, #236A0F

Tetradic#6A0F23, #506A0F, #0F6A56

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#855DE8

Lighter +30%#6330E2

Lighter +20%#4C1CC3

Lighter +10%#3A1597

Darker −10%#18093D

Darker −20%#060211

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#230079

Less saturated −25%#2F1E5B

Channel breakdown

R41

G15

B106

Red41 (16.1%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue257.14°

Saturation (HSL)75.21%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 29 · G 0F · B 6A

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