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Recognised as Colour

#2C008A

  • #2C008A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#2C008A is a violet with RGB values 44, 0, 138 and HSL 259°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#2C008A#2C008A
HEX#2C008A
RGBrgb(44, 0, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0, 0.5412
RGB percentages17.3%, 0%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(259.1, 100%, 27.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 100%, 54.1%)
CMYK68.1%, 100%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,883,722
CSS custom property--colour: #2C008A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.25:1
Contrast with white14.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#D3FF75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002F8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#002688no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00354Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 5.7Navy · ΔE 5.8Indigo · ΔE 10.9Midnight blue · ΔE 24.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.2Dark orchid · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 5.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E8A00
Analogous#00198A, #71008A
Triadic#8A2C00, #008A2C
Split complementary#8A7100, #198A00
Tetradic#8A0019, #5E8A00, #008A71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8D57FF
Lighter +30%#6A24FF
Lighter +20%#4D00F0
Lighter +10%#3C00BD
Darker −10%#1C0057
Darker −20%#0B0024
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2C008A
Less saturated −25%#321179

Channel breakdown

R44
G0
B138
Red44 (17.3%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue259.13°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G 00 · B 8A

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