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Recognised as Colour

#2F0077

  • #2F0077
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#2F0077 is a violet with RGB values 47, 0, 119 and HSL 264°, 100%, 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 Indigo.

Colour values

#2F0077#2F0077
HEX#2F0077
RGBrgb(47, 0, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0, 0.4667
RGB percentages18.4%, 0%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(263.7, 100%, 23.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.7, 100%, 46.7%)
CMYK60.5%, 100%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,080,311
CSS custom property--colour: #2F0077;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.14:1
Contrast with white15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#D0FF88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00287Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#002375no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#092C43no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.6Navy · ΔE 9.8Dark blue · ΔE 14Midnight blue · ΔE 16Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9Purple · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#487700
Analogous#000C77, #6B0077
Triadic#772F00, #00772F
Split complementary#776B00, #0C7700
Tetradic#77000C, #487700, #00776B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8E44FF
Lighter +30%#6F11FF
Lighter +20%#5700DD
Lighter +10%#4300AA
Darker −10%#1B0044
Darker −20%#070011
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2F0077
Less saturated −25%#320F68

Channel breakdown

R47
G0
B119
Red47 (18.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue263.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness23.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G 00 · B 77

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