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Recognised as Colour

#2C116C

  • #2C116C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#2C116C is a violet with RGB values 44, 17, 108 and HSL 258°, 73%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2C116C#2C116C
HEX#2C116C
RGBrgb(44, 17, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.0667, 0.4235
RGB percentages17.3%, 6.7%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(257.8, 72.8%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.8, 84.3%, 42.4%)
CMYK59.3%, 84.3%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,888,044
CSS custom property--colour: #2C116C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness45.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.96:1
Contrast with white14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#D3EE93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00296Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#00246Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#0E2C3Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 5.7Indigo · ΔE 16.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.5Navy · ΔE 20.5Dark blue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#516C11
Analogous#11246C, #59116C
Triadic#6C2C11, #116C2C
Split complementary#6C5911, #246C11
Tetradic#6C1124, #516C11, #116C59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8A63E6
Lighter +30%#6937DF
Lighter +20%#501FC4
Lighter +10%#3E1898
Darker −10%#1A0A40
Darker −20%#080314
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#26017C
Less saturated −25%#32215C

Channel breakdown

R44
G17
B108
Red44 (17.3%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue257.8°
Saturation (HSL)72.8%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G 11 · B 6C

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