Recognised as Colour

#2C136A

#2C136A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2C136A is a violet with RGB values 44, 19, 106 and HSL 257°, 70%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2C136A

RGBrgb(44, 19, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.0745, 0.4157

RGB percentages17.3%, 7.5%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(257.2, 69.6%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.2, 82.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK58.5%, 82.1%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,888,554

CSS custom property--colour: #2C136A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.91:1

Contrast with white14.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#D3EC95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00296Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Deuteranopia#002568no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Tritanopia#102C3Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 5.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.2 Indigo · ΔE 18.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.8 Navy · ΔE 22.6 Dark blue · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#516A13

Analogous#13256A, #58136A

Triadic#6A2C13, #136A2C

Split complementary#6A5813, #266A13

Tetradic#6A1325, #516A13, #136A58

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8A66E3

Lighter +30%#693ADC

Lighter +20%#5023C0

Lighter +10%#3E1B95

Darker −10%#1A0B3F

Darker −20%#080314

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#25037A

Less saturated −25%#33235A

Channel breakdown

R44

G19

B106

Red44 (17.3%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue257.24°

Saturation (HSL)69.6%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2C · G 13 · B 6A

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