Recognised as Colour

#2D024F

#2D024F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2D024F is a violet with RGB values 45, 2, 79 and HSL 274°, 95%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2D024F#2D024F

HEX#2D024F

RGBrgb(45, 2, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.0078, 0.3098

RGB percentages17.6%, 0.8%, 31%

HSLhsl(273.5, 95.1%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.5, 97.5%, 31%)

CMYK43%, 97.5%, 0%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,949,711

CSS custom property--colour: #2D024F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness36.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.03:1

Contrast with white17.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#D2FDB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001B51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#001C4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Tritanopia#251A2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text17.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.3 Indigo · ΔE 25.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26 Purple · ΔE 30.4 Navy · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#244F02

Analogous#06024F, #4F024B

Triadic#4F2D02, #024F2D

Split complementary#4B4F02, #024F06

Tetradic#4F0602, #244F02, #024B4F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9B24F9

Lighter +30%#8206E4

Lighter +20%#6605B2

Lighter +10%#490381

Darker −10%#11011D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2D0051

Less saturated −25%#2C0C45

Channel breakdown

R45

B79

Red45 (17.6%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue273.51°

Saturation (HSL)95.06%

Lightness15.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2D · G 02 · B 4F

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