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Colour

#2E1175

  • #2E1175
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#2E1175 is a violet with RGB values 46, 17, 117 and HSL 257°, 75%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2E1175#2E1175
HEX#2E1175
RGBrgb(46, 17, 117)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.0667, 0.4588
RGB percentages18%, 6.7%, 45.9%
HSLhsl(257.4, 74.6%, 26.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.4, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CMYK60.7%, 85.5%, 0%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,019,125
CSS custom property--colour: #2E1175;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.45:1
Contrast with white14.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#D1EE8A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002C78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#002773no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#073044no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.4Indigo · ΔE 12.5Navy · ΔE 16Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.8Dark blue · ΔE 20.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#587511
Analogous#112675, #601175
Triadic#752E11, #11752E
Split complementary#756011, #267511
Tetradic#751126, #587511, #117560

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8E69E9
Lighter +30%#6D3CE3
Lighter +20%#511ECE
Lighter +10%#4017A2
Darker −10%#1C0B48
Darker −20%#0B041C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#270086
Less saturated −25%#352264

Channel breakdown

R46
G17
B117
Red46 (18%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue117 (45.9%)
Hue257.4°
Saturation (HSL)74.63%
Lightness26.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 11 · B 75

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