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Recognised as Colour

#29174B

  • #29174B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#29174B is a violet with RGB values 41, 23, 75 and HSL 261°, 53%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#29174B#29174B
HEX#29174B
RGBrgb(41, 23, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.0902, 0.2941
RGB percentages16.1%, 9%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(260.8, 53.1%, 19.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.8, 69.3%, 29.4%)
CMYK45.3%, 69.3%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,692,939
CSS custom property--colour: #29174B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness38.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.93:1
Contrast with white15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#D6E8B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00224Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#00214Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Tritanopia#20232Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1Midnight blue · ΔE 22.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 33.5Indigo · ΔE 38.4Black · ΔE 39.2Purple · ΔE 40.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 22.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#394B17
Analogous#171F4B, #43174B
Triadic#4B2917, #174B29
Split complementary#4B4317, #1F4B17
Tetradic#4B171F, #394B17, #174B43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8660CE
Lighter +30%#693BC0
Lighter +20%#542F99
Lighter +10%#3E2372
Darker −10%#140B24
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#250B57
Less saturated −25%#2D233F

Channel breakdown

R41
G23
B75
Red41 (16.1%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue260.77°
Saturation (HSL)53.06%
Lightness19.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 17 · B 4B

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