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Recognised as Colour

#2F035A

  • #2F035A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#2F035A is a violet with RGB values 47, 3, 90 and HSL 270°, 94%, 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

#2F035A#2F035A
HEX#2F035A
RGBrgb(47, 3, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0118, 0.3529
RGB percentages18.4%, 1.2%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(270.3, 93.5%, 18.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 96.7%, 35.3%)
CMYK47.8%, 96.7%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,081,050
CSS custom property--colour: #2F035A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness39.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.39:1
Contrast with white16.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#D0FCA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00205Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#001F59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#241F32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.2Indigo · ΔE 20Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.4Navy · ΔE 25.2Purple · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E5A03
Analogous#03035A, #5A035A
Triadic#5A2F03, #035A2F
Split complementary#5A5A03, #035A03
Tetradic#5A0303, #2E5A03, #035A5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9631F8
Lighter +30%#7C08EE
Lighter +20%#6306BD
Lighter +10%#49058B
Darker −10%#150129
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2F005D
Less saturated −25%#2F0F4E

Channel breakdown

R47
G3
B90
Red47 (18.4%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue270.34°
Saturation (HSL)93.55%
Lightness18.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G 03 · B 5A

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