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Recognised as Colour

#2A007E

  • #2A007E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#2A007E is a violet with RGB values 42, 0, 126 and HSL 260°, 100%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#2A007E#2A007E
HEX#2A007E
RGBrgb(42, 0, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0, 0.4941
RGB percentages16.5%, 0%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(260, 100%, 24.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 100%, 49.4%)
CMYK66.7%, 100%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,752,638
CSS custom property--colour: #2A007E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15:1
Contrast with white15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#121212
Inverted#D5FF81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002A81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#00227Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#002F47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 6.1Indigo · ΔE 8.5Dark blue · ΔE 9.8Midnight blue · ΔE 19Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.8Purple · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 6.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#547E00
Analogous#00157E, #69007E
Triadic#7E2A00, #007E2A
Split complementary#7E6900, #157E00
Tetradic#7E0015, #547E00, #007E69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#874BFF
Lighter +30%#6518FF
Lighter +20%#4C00E4
Lighter +10%#3B00B1
Darker −10%#19004B
Darker −20%#080018
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2A007E
Less saturated −25%#2F106E

Channel breakdown

R42
G0
B126
Red42 (16.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness24.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G 00 · B 7E

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