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Recognised as Colour

#2B1373

  • #2B1373
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#2B1373 is a violet with RGB values 43, 19, 115 and HSL 255°, 72%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2B1373#2B1373
HEX#2B1373
RGBrgb(43, 19, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.0745, 0.451
RGB percentages16.9%, 7.5%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(255, 71.6%, 26.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 83.5%, 45.1%)
CMYK62.6%, 83.5%, 0%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,823,027
CSS custom property--colour: #2B1373;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.55:1
Contrast with white14.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#D4EC8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002C76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#002671no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#003043no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 6.4Indigo · ΔE 14.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.3Navy · ΔE 17.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.3Dark blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B7313
Analogous#132B73, #5B1373
Triadic#732B13, #13732B
Split complementary#735B13, #2B7313
Tetradic#73132B, #5B7313, #13735B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8A6BE7
Lighter +30%#6840DF
Lighter +20%#4C21CB
Lighter +10%#3B1A9F
Darker −10%#1B0C47
Darker −20%#0A051B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#230284
Less saturated −25%#332462

Channel breakdown

R43
G19
B115
Red43 (16.9%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)71.64%
Lightness26.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2B · G 13 · B 73

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