Recognised as Colour

#35273B

#35273B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#35273B is a violet with RGB values 53, 39, 59 and HSL 282°, 20%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#35273B

RGBrgb(53, 39, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.1529, 0.2314

RGB percentages20.8%, 15.3%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(282, 20.4%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282, 33.9%, 23.1%)

CMYK10.2%, 33.9%, 0%, 76.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,483,451

CSS custom property--colour: #35273B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness46.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.96:1

Contrast with white13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#CAD8C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#242B3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#272C3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Tritanopia#35292Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 23.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.1 Dim grey · ΔE 30.4 Slate grey · ΔE 37.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.4 Gray · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D3B27

Analogous#2B273B, #3B2737

Triadic#3B3527, #273B35

Split complementary#373B27, #273B2B

Tetradic#3B2B27, #2D3B27, #27373B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9F82AC

Lighter +30%#886497

Lighter +20%#6C5078

Lighter +10%#513B5A

Darker −10%#19131C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3A1B47

Less saturated −25%#313131

Channel breakdown

R53

G39

B59

Red53 (20.8%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue282°

Saturation (HSL)20.41%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 35 · G 27 · B 3B

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