Recognised as Colour

#2C0D57

#2C0D57
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2C0D57 is a violet with RGB values 44, 13, 87 and HSL 265°, 74%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2C0D57

RGBrgb(44, 13, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.051, 0.3412

RGB percentages17.3%, 5.1%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(265.1, 74%, 19.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.1, 85.1%, 34.1%)

CMYK49.4%, 85.1%, 0%, 65.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,886,999

CSS custom property--colour: #2C0D57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.13:1

Contrast with white16.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#D3F2A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002159no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#002056no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Tritanopia#202232no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.4 Indigo · ΔE 25.5 Navy · ΔE 30.4 Purple · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#38570D

Analogous#0D1357, #510D57

Triadic#572C0D, #0D572C

Split complementary#57510D, #13570D

Tetradic#570D13, #38570D, #0D5751

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8C4CE4

Lighter +30%#6F21DC

Lighter +20%#591AB0

Lighter +10%#421483

Darker −10%#16062B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2A0064

Less saturated −25%#2E194B

Channel breakdown

R44

G13

B87

Red44 (17.3%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue265.14°

Saturation (HSL)74%

Lightness19.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2C · G 0D · B 57

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