Recognised as Colour

#2F045B

#2F045B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2F045B is a violet with RGB values 47, 4, 91 and HSL 270°, 92%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2F045B

RGBrgb(47, 4, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0157, 0.3569

RGB percentages18.4%, 1.6%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(269.7, 91.6%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269.7, 95.6%, 35.7%)

CMYK48.4%, 95.6%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,081,307

CSS custom property--colour: #2F045B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.29:1

Contrast with white16.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#D0FBA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00205Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#001F5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Tritanopia#232033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.8 Indigo · ΔE 19.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1 Navy · ΔE 25.1 Purple · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#305B04

Analogous#04045B, #5B045B

Triadic#5B2F04, #045B2F

Split complementary#5B5B04, #045B04

Tetradic#5B0404, #305B04, #045B5B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9435F6

Lighter +30%#7B0AEE

Lighter +20%#6108BD

Lighter +10%#48068C

Darker −10%#16022A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F005F

Less saturated −25%#2F104F

Channel breakdown

R47

B91

Red47 (18.4%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue269.66°

Saturation (HSL)91.58%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2F · G 04 · B 5B

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