Recognised as Colour

#29172F

#29172F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#29172F is a violet with RGB values 41, 23, 47 and HSL 285°, 34%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#29172F#29172F

HEX#29172F

RGBrgb(41, 23, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.0902, 0.1843

RGB percentages16.1%, 9%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(285, 34.3%, 13.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285, 51.1%, 18.4%)

CMYK12.8%, 51.1%, 0%, 81.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,692,911

CSS custom property--colour: #29172F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness32.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.69:1

Contrast with white16.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#D6E8D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#131D30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#181E2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#291A20no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 22.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.4 Dim grey · ΔE 38.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 41.2 Slate grey · ΔE 44.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 22.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D2F17

Analogous#1D172F, #2F1729

Triadic#2F2917, #172F29

Split complementary#292F17, #172F1D

Tetradic#2F1D17, #1D2F17, #17292F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9D61B1

Lighter +30%#834996

Lighter +20%#653973

Lighter +10%#472851

Darker −10%#0B060D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2D0E38

Less saturated −25%#252026

Channel breakdown

R41

G23

B47

Red41 (16.1%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue285°

Saturation (HSL)34.29%

Lightness13.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 29 · G 17 · B 2F

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