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Recognised as Colour

#2E2B76

  • #2E2B76
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#2E2B76 is a blue with RGB values 46, 43, 118 and HSL 242°, 47%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#2E2B76#2E2B76
HEX#2E2B76
RGBrgb(46, 43, 118)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.1686, 0.4627
RGB percentages18%, 16.9%, 46.3%
HSLhsl(242.4, 46.6%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.4, 63.6%, 46.3%)
CMYK61%, 63.6%, 0%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,025,782
CSS custom property--colour: #2E2B76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.19:1
Contrast with white12.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#D1D489

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003878no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003274no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#003D4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.5Midnight blue · ΔE 11.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.1Indigo · ΔE 28.6Slate blue · ΔE 29.5Navy · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73762B
Analogous#2B4E76, #542B76
Triadic#762E2B, #2B762E
Split complementary#76532B, #4E762B
Tetradic#762B4E, #73762B, #2B7653

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9795D8
Lighter +30%#736FCB
Lighter +20%#4F4ABD
Lighter +10%#3D399B
Darker −10%#1F1D51
Darker −20%#11102B
Darker −30%#020206
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1B178A
Less saturated −25%#413F62

Channel breakdown

R46
G43
B118
Red46 (18%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue118 (46.3%)
Hue242.4°
Saturation (HSL)46.58%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 2B · B 76

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