Recognised as Colour

#2A0974

#2A0974
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#2A0974 is a violet with RGB values 42, 9, 116 and HSL 259°, 86%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#2A0974

RGBrgb(42, 9, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.0353, 0.4549

RGB percentages16.5%, 3.5%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(258.5, 85.6%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 92.2%, 45.5%)

CMYK63.8%, 92.2%, 0%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,754,932

CSS custom property--colour: #2A0974;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.11:1

Contrast with white15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#D5F68B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002977no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#002372no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Tritanopia#002D42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 11.2 Navy · ΔE 12.8 Dark blue · ΔE 17.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#537409

Analogous#091D74, #600974

Triadic#742A09, #09742A

Split complementary#745F09, #1E7409

Tetradic#74091D, #537409, #097460

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8757F2

Lighter +30%#6528EE

Lighter +20%#4C10D3

Lighter +10%#3B0DA3

Darker −10%#190545

Darker −20%#080215

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#27007D

Less saturated −25%#301964

Channel breakdown

R42

B116

Red42 (16.5%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue258.5°

Saturation (HSL)85.6%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2A · G 09 · B 74

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