Recognised as Colour

#2C0A37

#2C0A37
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2C0A37 is a violet with RGB values 44, 10, 55 and HSL 285°, 69%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2C0A37#2C0A37

HEX#2C0A37

RGBrgb(44, 10, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.0392, 0.2157

RGB percentages17.3%, 3.9%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(285.3, 69.2%, 12.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.3, 81.8%, 21.6%)

CMYK20%, 81.8%, 0%, 78.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,886,199

CSS custom property--colour: #2C0A37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.42:1

Contrast with white17.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#D3F5C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001838no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Deuteranopia#0A1B36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#2B131Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 29.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.9 Black · ΔE 34.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 39.1 Purple · ΔE 42.1 Indigo · ΔE 42.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 29.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15370A

Analogous#150A37, #370A2C

Triadic#372C0A, #0A372C

Split complementary#2C370A, #0A3715

Tetradic#37150A, #15370A, #0A2C37

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B133DA

Lighter +30%#9422B8

Lighter +20%#711A8D

Lighter +10%#4F1262

Darker −10%#09020C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#30023F

Less saturated −25%#28122F

Channel breakdown

R44

G10

B55

Red44 (17.3%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue285.33°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness12.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2C · G 0A · B 37

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