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Recognised as Colour

#2C024E

  • #2C024E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#2C024E is a violet with RGB values 44, 2, 78 and HSL 273°, 95%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2C024E#2C024E
HEX#2C024E
RGBrgb(44, 2, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.0078, 0.3059
RGB percentages17.3%, 0.8%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(273.2, 95%, 15.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 97.4%, 30.6%)
CMYK43.6%, 97.4%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,884,174
CSS custom property--colour: #2C024E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness35.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.13:1
Contrast with white17.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#101010
Inverted#D3FDB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001B50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#001B4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#24192Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.5Indigo · ΔE 25.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.4Purple · ΔE 30.9Navy · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#244E02
Analogous#06024E, #4E024A
Triadic#4E2C02, #024E2C
Split complementary#4A4E02, #024E06
Tetradic#4E0602, #244E02, #024A4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9923F9
Lighter +30%#8006E3
Lighter +20%#6405B1
Lighter +10%#480380
Darker −10%#10011C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2C0050
Less saturated −25%#2B0C44

Channel breakdown

R44
G2
B78
Red44 (17.3%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue273.16°
Saturation (HSL)95%
Lightness15.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G 02 · B 4E

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