Recognised as Colour

#2F0455

#2F0455
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2F0455 is a violet with RGB values 47, 4, 85 and HSL 272°, 91%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2F0455

RGBrgb(47, 4, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0157, 0.3333

RGB percentages18.4%, 1.6%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(271.9, 91%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.9, 95.3%, 33.3%)

CMYK44.7%, 95.3%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,081,301

CSS custom property--colour: #2F0455;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness38.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.54:1

Contrast with white16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#D0FBAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001E57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#001E54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#261D2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1 Indigo · ΔE 23 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.8 Navy · ΔE 28.4 Purple · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A5504

Analogous#060455, #550453

Triadic#552F04, #04552F

Split complementary#535504, #045507

Tetradic#550604, #2A5504, #045255

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9930F5

Lighter +30%#800BE7

Lighter +20%#6509B6

Lighter +10%#4A0686

Darker −10%#140224

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F0059

Less saturated −25%#2E0F4A

Channel breakdown

R47

B85

Red47 (18.4%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue271.85°

Saturation (HSL)91.01%

Lightness17.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2F · G 04 · B 55

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