Recognised as Colour

#080409

#080409
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#080409 is a violet with RGB values 8, 4, 9 and HSL 288°, 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

#080409#080409

HEX#080409

RGBrgb(8, 4, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.0157, 0.0353

RGB percentages3.1%, 1.6%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(288, 38.5%, 2.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288, 55.6%, 3.5%)

CMYK11.1%, 55.6%, 0%, 96.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer525,321

CSS custom property--colour: #080409;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness6.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.36:1

Contrast with white20.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#050505

Inverted#F7FBF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#040509no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#040509no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#080406no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 2.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.8 Dim grey · ΔE 43 Gray · ΔE 52.2 Slate grey · ΔE 52.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 55.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 2.72, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#050904

Analogous#050409, #090408

Triadic#090804, #040908

Split complementary#080904, #040905

Tetradic#090604, #050904, #040809

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#864396

Lighter +30%#663373

Lighter +20%#472350

Lighter +10%#27142C

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#09020B

Less saturated −25%#070607

Channel breakdown

Red8 (3.1%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue288°

Saturation (HSL)38.46%

Lightness2.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 04 · B 09

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