Recognised as Colour

#2D025A

#2D025A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2D025A is a violet with RGB values 45, 2, 90 and HSL 269°, 96%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2D025A

RGBrgb(45, 2, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.0078, 0.3529

RGB percentages17.6%, 0.8%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(269.3, 95.7%, 18%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269.3, 97.8%, 35.3%)

CMYK50%, 97.8%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,949,722

CSS custom property--colour: #2D025A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.56:1

Contrast with white16.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#D2FDA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001F5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#001D59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#201F32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.9 Indigo · ΔE 19.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.9 Navy · ΔE 24.5 Purple · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F5A02

Analogous#02035A, #59025A

Triadic#5A2D02, #025A2D

Split complementary#5A5902, #035A02

Tetradic#5A0203, #2F5A02, #025A59

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#922EFA

Lighter +30%#7805F0

Lighter +20%#5F04BE

Lighter +10%#46038C

Darker −10%#140128

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2D005C

Less saturated −25%#2D0E4F

Channel breakdown

R45

B90

Red45 (17.6%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue269.32°

Saturation (HSL)95.65%

Lightness18.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2D · G 02 · B 5A

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