Recognised as Colour

#402F47

#402F47
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#402F47 is a violet with RGB values 64, 47, 71 and HSL 283°, 20%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#402F47#402F47

HEX#402F47

RGBrgb(64, 47, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.1843, 0.2784

RGB percentages25.1%, 18.4%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(282.5, 20.3%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.5, 33.8%, 27.8%)

CMYK9.9%, 33.8%, 0%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,206,407

CSS custom property--colour: #402F47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.24:1

Contrast with white12.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#BFD0B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C3448no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#2F3646no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Tritanopia#403238no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.5 Dim grey · ΔE 28.3 Black · ΔE 28.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 34 Slate grey · ΔE 34.2 Gray · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 27.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36472F

Analogous#342F47, #472F42

Triadic#47402F, #2F4740

Split complementary#42472F, #2F4734

Tetradic#47342F, #36472F, #2F4247

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A98EB4

Lighter +30%#926FA0

Lighter +20%#775884

Lighter +10%#5C4366

Darker −10%#241B28

Darker −20%#09060A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#462056

Less saturated −25%#3B3B3B

Channel breakdown

R64

G47

B71

Red64 (25.1%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue282.5°

Saturation (HSL)20.34%

Lightness23.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 2F · B 47

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#402F47

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else