Colour

#2E0563

#2E0563
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2E0563 is a violet with RGB values 46, 5, 99 and HSL 266°, 90%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2E0563

RGBrgb(46, 5, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.0196, 0.3882

RGB percentages18%, 2%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(266.2, 90.4%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.2, 94.9%, 38.8%)

CMYK53.5%, 94.9%, 0%, 61.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,016,035

CSS custom property--colour: #2E0563;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.93:1

Contrast with white15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#D1FA9C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002365no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#002061no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#1C2438no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.3 Indigo · ΔE 16.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.1 Navy · ΔE 20.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.5 Dark blue · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A6305

Analogous#050B63, #5D0563

Triadic#632E05, #05632E

Split complementary#635D05, #0B6305

Tetradic#63050B, #3A6305, #05635D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8E3FF5

Lighter +30%#720EF3

Lighter +20%#5B0AC4

Lighter +10%#450794

Darker −10%#170332

Darker −20%#010002

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2D0068

Less saturated −25%#301256

Channel breakdown

R46

B99

Red46 (18%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue266.17°

Saturation (HSL)90.38%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2E · G 05 · B 63

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