Recognised as Colour

#2B146B

#2B146B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2B146B is a violet with RGB values 43, 20, 107 and HSL 256°, 69%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2B146B

RGBrgb(43, 20, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.0784, 0.4196

RGB percentages16.9%, 7.8%, 42%

HSLhsl(255.9, 68.5%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.9, 81.3%, 42%)

CMYK59.8%, 81.3%, 0%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,823,275

CSS custom property--colour: #2B146B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.84:1

Contrast with white14.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#D4EB94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002A6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#002569no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Tritanopia#0B2D3Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 4.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.9 Indigo · ΔE 18.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.8 Navy · ΔE 22.5 Dark blue · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 4.72, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#546B14

Analogous#14296B, #56146B

Triadic#6B2B14, #146B2B

Split complementary#6B5614, #296B14

Tetradic#6B1429, #546B14, #146B56

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8968E3

Lighter +30%#673DDB

Lighter +20%#4E24C1

Lighter +10%#3C1C96

Darker −10%#1A0C40

Darker −20%#080415

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#24047B

Less saturated −25%#32245B

Channel breakdown

R43

G20

B107

Red43 (16.9%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue255.86°

Saturation (HSL)68.5%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2B · G 14 · B 6B

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