Recognised as Colour

#332B39

#332B39
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#332B39 is a violet with RGB values 51, 43, 57 and HSL 274°, 14%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#332B39#332B39

HEX#332B39

RGBrgb(51, 43, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.1686, 0.2235

RGB percentages20%, 16.9%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(274.3, 14%, 19.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 24.6%, 22.4%)

CMYK10.5%, 24.6%, 0%, 77.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,353,401

CSS custom property--colour: #332B39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.59:1

Contrast with white13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#CCD4C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#292E3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A2E39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Tritanopia#322D30no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.7 Dim grey · ΔE 27.5 Slate grey · ΔE 35.2 Gray · ΔE 36.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#31392B

Analogous#2C2B39, #392B38

Triadic#39332B, #2B3933

Split complementary#38392B, #2B392C

Tetradic#392C2B, #31392B, #2B3839

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9A8AA6

Lighter +30%#816D90

Lighter +20%#675773

Lighter +10%#4D4156

Darker −10%#19151C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#351F46

Less saturated −25%#323232

Channel breakdown

R51

G43

B57

Red51 (20%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue274.29°

Saturation (HSL)14%

Lightness19.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 33 · G 2B · B 39

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