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Recognised as Colour

#2F0586

  • #2F0586
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#2F0586 is a violet with RGB values 47, 5, 134 and HSL 260°, 93%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#2F0586#2F0586
HEX#2F0586
RGBrgb(47, 5, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0196, 0.5255
RGB percentages18.4%, 2%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(259.5, 92.8%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 96.3%, 52.5%)
CMYK64.9%, 96.3%, 0%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,081,606
CSS custom property--colour: #2F0586;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.12:1
Contrast with white14.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#171717
Inverted#D0FA79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002F89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#002784no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00344Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 6.3Indigo · ΔE 8.4Dark blue · ΔE 8.6Midnight blue · ΔE 20.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.3Purple · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C8605
Analogous#051C86, #6F0586
Triadic#862F05, #05862F
Split complementary#867005, #1C8605
Tetradic#86051C, #5C8605, #05866F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#905EF9
Lighter +30%#6F2DF7
Lighter +20%#5109E8
Lighter +10%#4007B7
Darker −10%#1E0355
Darker −20%#0D0124
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2D008B
Less saturated −25%#351675

Channel breakdown

R47
G5
B134
Red47 (18.4%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue259.53°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G 05 · B 86

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