Recognised as Colour

#2A1174

#2A1174
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2A1174 is a violet with RGB values 42, 17, 116 and HSL 255°, 74%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2A1174

RGBrgb(42, 17, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.0667, 0.4549

RGB percentages16.5%, 6.7%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(255.2, 74.4%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 85.3%, 45.5%)

CMYK63.8%, 85.3%, 0%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,756,980

CSS custom property--colour: #2A1174;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.68:1

Contrast with white14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#D5EE8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002B77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#002572no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#003044no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 7.7 Indigo · ΔE 13.4 Navy · ΔE 16 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6 Dark blue · ΔE 20.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 7.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B7411

Analogous#112A74, #5B1174

Triadic#742A11, #11742A

Split complementary#745B11, #2A7411

Tetradic#74112A, #5B7411, #11745B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8968E9

Lighter +30%#663CE2

Lighter +20%#4A1ECD

Lighter +10%#3A18A0

Darker −10%#1A0A48

Darker −20%#0A041B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#220085

Less saturated −25%#322263

Channel breakdown

R42

G17

B116

Red42 (16.5%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue255.15°

Saturation (HSL)74.44%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2A · G 11 · B 74

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