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Recognised as Colour

#2B045D

  • #2B045D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#2B045D is a violet with RGB values 43, 4, 93 and HSL 266°, 92%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2B045D#2B045D
HEX#2B045D
RGBrgb(43, 4, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.0157, 0.3647
RGB percentages16.9%, 1.6%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(266.3, 91.8%, 19%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 95.7%, 36.5%)
CMYK53.8%, 95.7%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,819,165
CSS custom property--colour: #2B045D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness39.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.43:1
Contrast with white16.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#D4FBA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00205Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#001E5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#1B2134no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.6Indigo · ΔE 18.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.5Navy · ΔE 23.2Dark blue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#365D04
Analogous#040A5D, #57045D
Triadic#5D2B04, #045D2B
Split complementary#5D5704, #0A5D04
Tetradic#5D040A, #365D04, #045D57

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8B37F6
Lighter +30%#6F0AF0
Lighter +20%#5808BF
Lighter +10%#42068E
Darker −10%#14022C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2B0061
Less saturated −25%#2C1051

Channel breakdown

R43
G4
B93
Red43 (16.9%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue266.29°
Saturation (HSL)91.75%
Lightness19.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2B · G 04 · B 5D

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