Recognised as Colour

#060409

#060409
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#060409 is a violet with RGB values 6, 4, 9 and HSL 264°, 38%, 3%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#060409#060409

HEX#060409

RGBrgb(6, 4, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.0157, 0.0353

RGB percentages2.4%, 1.6%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(264, 38.5%, 2.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264, 55.6%, 3.5%)

CMYK33.3%, 55.6%, 0%, 96.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer394,249

CSS custom property--colour: #060409;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness5.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.41:1

Contrast with white20.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#050505

Inverted#F9FBF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#030509no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#040509no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#060506no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 2.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.7 Dim grey · ΔE 43.2 Gray · ΔE 52.3 Slate grey · ΔE 52.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 55.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 2.47, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#070904

Analogous#040509, #090409

Triadic#090604, #040906

Split complementary#090904, #050904

Tetradic#090404, #070904, #040908

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#644396

Lighter +30%#4D3373

Lighter +20%#352350

Lighter +10%#1E142C

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#06020B

Less saturated −25%#060607

Channel breakdown

Red6 (2.4%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue264°

Saturation (HSL)38.46%

Lightness2.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 04 · B 09

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