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Recognised as Colour

#2E175C

  • #2E175C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#2E175C is a violet with RGB values 46, 23, 92 and HSL 260°, 60%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2E175C#2E175C
HEX#2E175C
RGBrgb(46, 23, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.0902, 0.3608
RGB percentages18%, 9%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(260, 60%, 22.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 75%, 36.1%)
CMYK50%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,020,636
CSS custom property--colour: #2E175C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness43.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.07:1
Contrast with white15.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#D1E8A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00275Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#00255Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#202837no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.4Indigo · ΔE 28.1Purple · ΔE 33.1Navy · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#455C17
Analogous#17225C, #50175C
Triadic#5C2E17, #175C2E
Split complementary#5C5117, #235C17
Tetradic#5C1723, #455C17, #175C51

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8C66D9
Lighter +30%#6E3DCF
Lighter +20%#572BAE
Lighter +10%#422185
Darker −10%#1A0D33
Darker −20%#05030A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#29096A
Less saturated −25%#33254E

Channel breakdown

R46
G23
B92
Red46 (18%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness22.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 17 · B 5C

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