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Recognised as Colour

#2A0365

  • #2A0365
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#2A0365 is a violet with RGB values 42, 3, 101 and HSL 264°, 94%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2A0365#2A0365
HEX#2A0365
RGBrgb(42, 3, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.0118, 0.3961
RGB percentages16.5%, 1.2%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(263.9, 94.2%, 20.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.9, 97%, 39.6%)
CMYK58.4%, 97%, 0%, 60.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,753,381
CSS custom property--colour: #2A0365;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness41.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.16:1
Contrast with white16.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#121212
Inverted#D5FC9A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002267no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#001E63no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#112539no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.5Indigo · ΔE 14.8Navy · ΔE 18.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.5Dark blue · ΔE 23.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E6503
Analogous#030D65, #5B0365
Triadic#652A03, #03652A
Split complementary#655B03, #0D6503
Tetradic#65030D, #3E6503, #03655B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#873BF9
Lighter +30%#6809F8
Lighter +20%#5306C8
Lighter +10%#3F0497
Darker −10%#150233
Darker −20%#010002
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#290068
Less saturated −25%#2D1058

Channel breakdown

R42
G3
B101
Red42 (16.5%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue263.88°
Saturation (HSL)94.23%
Lightness20.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G 03 · B 65

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