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Recognised as Colour

#090212

  • #090212
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#090212 is a violet with RGB values 9, 2, 18 and HSL 266°, 80%, 4%. 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

#090212#090212
HEX#090212
RGBrgb(9, 2, 18)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.0078, 0.0706
RGB percentages3.5%, 0.8%, 7.1%
HSLhsl(266.3, 80%, 3.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 88.9%, 7.1%)
CMYK50%, 88.9%, 0%, 92.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer590,354
CSS custom property--colour: #090212;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness8 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#F6FDED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#000513no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#000512no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#080407no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 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 7.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.1Dim grey · ΔE 43.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 51.3Slate grey · ΔE 52.1Gray · ΔE 52.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 7.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0B1202
Analogous#020312, #110212
Triadic#120902, #021209
Split complementary#121102, #031202
Tetradic#120203, #0B1202, #021211

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6516CA
Lighter +30%#4E119C
Lighter +20%#370C6E
Lighter +10%#200740
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#090014
Less saturated −25%#090410

Channel breakdown

R9
G2
B18
Red9 (3.5%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue18 (7.1%)
Hue266.25°
Saturation (HSL)80%
Lightness3.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 02 · B 12

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