Colour

#33273B

#33273B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#33273B is a violet with RGB values 51, 39, 59 and HSL 276°, 20%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#33273B#33273B

HEX#33273B

RGBrgb(51, 39, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.1529, 0.2314

RGB percentages20%, 15.3%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(276, 20.4%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276, 33.9%, 23.1%)

CMYK13.6%, 33.9%, 0%, 76.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,352,379

CSS custom property--colour: #33273B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.06:1

Contrast with white14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#CCD8C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#242B3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#262C3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#322A2Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 23.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.7 Dim grey · ΔE 30.5 Slate grey · ΔE 37.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.5 Gray · ΔE 38.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F3B27

Analogous#29273B, #3B2739

Triadic#3B3327, #273B33

Split complementary#393B27, #273B29

Tetradic#3B2927, #2F3B27, #27393B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9B82AC

Lighter +30%#836497

Lighter +20%#685078

Lighter +10%#4E3B5A

Darker −10%#18131C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#351B47

Less saturated −25%#313131

Channel breakdown

R51

G39

B59

Red51 (20%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue276°

Saturation (HSL)20.41%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 33 · G 27 · B 3B

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