Colour

#2F007A

#2F007A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#2F007A is a violet with RGB values 47, 0, 122 and HSL 263°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#2F007A

RGBrgb(47, 0, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0, 0.4784

RGB percentages18.4%, 0%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(263.1, 100%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.1, 100%, 47.8%)

CMYK61.5%, 100%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,080,314

CSS custom property--colour: #2F007A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02009WCAG 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 14.98:1

Contrast with white14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#D0FF85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00297Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#002378no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Tritanopia#032D45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.3 Navy · ΔE 8.6 Dark blue · ΔE 12.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 17.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.2 Purple · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4B7A00

Analogous#000E7A, #6C007A

Triadic#7A2F00, #007A2F

Split complementary#7A6C00, #0E7A00

Tetradic#7A000E, #4B7A00, #007A6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#8E47FF

Lighter +30%#6F14FF

Lighter +20%#5600E0

Lighter +10%#4300AD

Darker −10%#1B0047

Darker −20%#080014

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F007A

Less saturated −25%#330F6B

Channel breakdown

R47

B122

Red47 (18.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue263.11°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2F · G 00 · B 7A

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