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Recognised as Colour

#2E195B

  • #2E195B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#2E195B is a violet with RGB values 46, 25, 91 and HSL 259°, 57%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#2E195B#2E195B
HEX#2E195B
RGBrgb(46, 25, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.098, 0.3569
RGB percentages18%, 9.8%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(259.1, 56.9%, 22.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 72.5%, 35.7%)
CMYK49.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,021,147
CSS custom property--colour: #2E195B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness44.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.93:1
Contrast with white14.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#D1E6A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00285Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#00265Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Tritanopia#212937no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.5Indigo · ΔE 30Purple · ΔE 34.3Navy · ΔE 35
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#465B19
Analogous#19255B, #4F195B
Triadic#5B2E19, #195B2E
Split complementary#5B4F19, #255B19
Tetradic#5B1925, #465B19, #195B4F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8C6AD6
Lighter +30%#6E42CB
Lighter +20%#562FAB
Lighter +10%#422483
Darker −10%#1A0E33
Darker −20%#06030B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#290B6A
Less saturated −25%#33274D

Channel breakdown

R46
G25
B91
Red46 (18%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue259.09°
Saturation (HSL)56.9%
Lightness22.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 19 · B 5B

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