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Recognised as Colour

#2F04AE

  • #2F04AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#2F04AE is a violet with RGB values 47, 4, 174 and HSL 255°, 96%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#2F04AE#2F04AE
HEX#2F04AE
RGBrgb(47, 4, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0157, 0.6824
RGB percentages18.4%, 1.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(255.2, 95.5%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 97.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK73%, 97.7%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,081,390
CSS custom property--colour: #2F04AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12:1
Contrast with white12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#D0FB51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003DB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#002FABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#004665no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.4Medium blue · ΔE 16.9Navy · ΔE 19.5Blue violet · ΔE 22.1Dark violet · ΔE 24.7Indigo · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83AE04
Analogous#042EAE, #8404AE
Triadic#AE2F04, #04AE2F
Split complementary#AE8404, #2EAE04
Tetradic#AE042E, #83AE04, #04AE84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A182FC
Lighter +30%#7B50FB
Lighter +20%#561EFA
Lighter +10%#3C05E0
Darker −10%#22037C
Darker −20%#14024A
Darker −30%#070118
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2D00B2
Less saturated −25%#3A1A98

Channel breakdown

R47
G4
B174
Red47 (18.4%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue255.18°
Saturation (HSL)95.51%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G 04 · B AE

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