Recognised as Colour

#2E034A

#2E034A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2E034A is a violet with RGB values 46, 3, 74 and HSL 276°, 92%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2E034A

RGBrgb(46, 3, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.0118, 0.2902

RGB percentages18%, 1.2%, 29%

HSLhsl(276.3, 92.2%, 15.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.3, 95.9%, 29%)

CMYK37.8%, 95.9%, 0%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,015,498

CSS custom property--colour: #2E034A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.1:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#D1FCB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001A4Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#001C49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Tritanopia#291728no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

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

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

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

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 28 Indigo · ΔE 28.5 Purple · ΔE 31.9 Navy · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F4A03

Analogous#0A034A, #4A0343

Triadic#4A2E03, #034A2E

Split complementary#434A03, #034A0B

Tetradic#4A0B03, #1F4A03, #03434A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A323F6

Lighter +30%#8909DD

Lighter +20%#6B07AC

Lighter +10%#4C057B

Darker −10%#100119

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F004D

Less saturated −25%#2C0D40

Channel breakdown

R46

B74

Red46 (18%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue276.34°

Saturation (HSL)92.21%

Lightness15.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2E · G 03 · B 4A

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