Recognised as Colour

#2A1076

#2A1076
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2A1076 is a violet with RGB values 42, 16, 118 and HSL 255°, 76%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2A1076

RGBrgb(42, 16, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.0627, 0.4627

RGB percentages16.5%, 6.3%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(255.3, 76.1%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.3, 86.4%, 46.3%)

CMYK64.4%, 86.4%, 0%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,756,726

CSS custom property--colour: #2A1076;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.64:1

Contrast with white14.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#D5EF89

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002C79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#002574no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Tritanopia#003045no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9 Indigo · ΔE 12.2 Navy · ΔE 14.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6 Dark blue · ΔE 19.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C7610

Analogous#102976, #5D1076

Triadic#762A10, #10762A

Split complementary#765D10, #297610

Tetradic#761029, #5C7610, #10765D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8968EA

Lighter +30%#663BE4

Lighter +20%#4A1CD0

Lighter +10%#3A16A3

Darker −10%#1A0A49

Darker −20%#0A041C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#220086

Less saturated −25%#322165

Channel breakdown

R42

G16

B118

Red42 (16.5%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue255.29°

Saturation (HSL)76.12%

Lightness26.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2A · G 10 · B 76

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