Recognised as Colour

#2E1078

#2E1078
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2E1078 is a violet with RGB values 46, 16, 120 and HSL 257°, 76%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2E1078

RGBrgb(46, 16, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.0627, 0.4706

RGB percentages18%, 6.3%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(257.3, 76.5%, 26.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.3, 86.7%, 47.1%)

CMYK61.7%, 86.7%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,018,872

CSS custom property--colour: #2E1078;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.37:1

Contrast with white14.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#D1EF87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002D7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#002776no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Tritanopia#013146no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.1 Indigo · ΔE 11.1 Navy · ΔE 14.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.9 Dark blue · ΔE 18.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A7810

Analogous#102678, #621078

Triadic#782E10, #10782E

Split complementary#786210, #267810

Tetradic#781026, #5A7810, #107862

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8F69EB

Lighter +30%#6D3CE5

Lighter +20%#511CD2

Lighter +10%#3F16A5

Darker −10%#1D0A4B

Darker −20%#0C041E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#270088

Less saturated −25%#352167

Channel breakdown

R46

G16

B120

Red46 (18%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue257.31°

Saturation (HSL)76.47%

Lightness26.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2E · G 10 · B 78

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