Recognised as Colour

#2F0765

#2F0765
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2F0765 is a violet with RGB values 47, 7, 101 and HSL 266°, 87%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2F0765

RGBrgb(47, 7, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0275, 0.3961

RGB percentages18.4%, 2.7%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(265.5, 87%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.5, 93.1%, 39.6%)

CMYK53.5%, 93.1%, 0%, 60.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,082,085

CSS custom property--colour: #2F0765;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.68:1

Contrast with white15.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#D0F89A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002467no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#002163no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original

Tritanopia#1D2639no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.9 Indigo · ΔE 15.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.5 Navy · ΔE 20.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.9 Dark blue · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3D6507

Analogous#070E65, #5E0765

Triadic#652F07, #07652F

Split complementary#655E07, #0E6507

Tetradic#65070E, #3D6507, #07655E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8F46F2

Lighter +30%#7216EF

Lighter +20%#5B0EC4

Lighter +10%#450A95

Darker −10%#190435

Darker −20%#030006

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2E006C

Less saturated −25%#311558

Channel breakdown

R47

B101

Red47 (18.4%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue265.53°

Saturation (HSL)87.04%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2F · G 07 · B 65

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