Recognised as Colour

#2F025C

#2F025C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2F025C is a violet with RGB values 47, 2, 92 and HSL 270°, 96%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2F025C

RGBrgb(47, 2, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0078, 0.3608

RGB percentages18.4%, 0.8%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(270, 95.7%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270, 97.8%, 36.1%)

CMYK48.9%, 97.8%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,080,796

CSS custom property--colour: #2F025C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.35:1

Contrast with white16.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#121212

Inverted#D0FDA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00205Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Deuteranopia#001F5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Tritanopia#232033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.9 Indigo · ΔE 18.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.8 Navy · ΔE 23.8 Purple · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F5C02

Analogous#02025C, #5C025C

Triadic#5C2F02, #025C2F

Split complementary#5C5C02, #025C02

Tetradic#5C0202, #2F5C02, #025C5C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9530FA

Lighter +30%#7C05F2

Lighter +20%#6204C0

Lighter +10%#49038E

Darker −10%#16012A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F005E

Less saturated −25%#2F0E50

Channel breakdown

R47

B92

Red47 (18.4%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue270°

Saturation (HSL)95.74%

Lightness18.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2F · G 02 · B 5C

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