Recognised as Colour

#2B0735

#2B0735
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2B0735 is a violet with RGB values 43, 7, 53 and HSL 287°, 77%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2B0735

RGBrgb(43, 7, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.0275, 0.2078

RGB percentages16.9%, 2.7%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(287, 76.7%, 11.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287, 86.8%, 20.8%)

CMYK18.9%, 86.8%, 0%, 79.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,819,893

CSS custom property--colour: #2B0735;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00923WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness30 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.73:1

Contrast with white17.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#121212

Inverted#D4F8CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001636no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#091934no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Tritanopia#2B101Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 29.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.6 Black · ΔE 34.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 39.3 Purple · ΔE 41.9 Indigo · ΔE 42.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 29.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#113507

Analogous#140735, #350728

Triadic#352B07, #07352B

Split complementary#283507, #073514

Tetradic#351407, #113507, #072835

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B926E2

Lighter +30%#9919BC

Lighter +20%#74138F

Lighter +10%#500D62

Darker −10%#060108

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F003C

Less saturated −25%#270F2D

Channel breakdown

R43

B53

Red43 (16.9%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue286.96°

Saturation (HSL)76.67%

Lightness11.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2B · G 07 · B 35

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