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Recognised as Colour

#2C0180

  • #2C0180
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#2C0180 is a violet with RGB values 44, 1, 128 and HSL 260°, 98%, 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 Navy.

Colour values

#2C0180#2C0180
HEX#2C0180
RGBrgb(44, 1, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.0039, 0.502
RGB percentages17.3%, 0.4%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(260.3, 98.4%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 99.2%, 50.2%)
CMYK65.6%, 99.2%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,883,968
CSS custom property--colour: #2C0180;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness49.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.76:1
Contrast with white14.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#D3FE7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002B83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#00247Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#003149no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 6.2Indigo · ΔE 8.2Dark blue · ΔE 9.6Midnight blue · ΔE 19.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.5Purple · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#558001
Analogous#011580, #6C0180
Triadic#802C01, #01802C
Split complementary#806C01, #158001
Tetradic#800115, #558001, #01806C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8A4FFE
Lighter +30%#691DFD
Lighter +20%#4F02E5
Lighter +10%#3D01B3
Darker −10%#1B014D
Darker −20%#09001B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2C0081
Less saturated −25%#311170

Channel breakdown

R44
G1
B128
Red44 (17.3%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue260.31°
Saturation (HSL)98.45%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G 01 · B 80

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