Colour

#2F175E

#2F175E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2F175E is a violet with RGB values 47, 23, 94 and HSL 260°, 61%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2F175E

RGBrgb(47, 23, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0902, 0.3686

RGB percentages18.4%, 9%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(260.3, 60.7%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 75.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK50%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,086,174

CSS custom property--colour: #2F175E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.95:1

Contrast with white14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#D0E8A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002860no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#00265Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Tritanopia#212938no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4 Indigo · ΔE 26.9 Navy · ΔE 32 Purple · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#465E17

Analogous#17235E, #52175E

Triadic#5E2F17, #175E2F

Split complementary#5E5317, #225E17

Tetradic#5E1723, #465E17, #175E52

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8E67DA

Lighter +30%#6F3ED0

Lighter +20%#582BB0

Lighter +10%#432187

Darker −10%#1B0D35

Darker −20%#06030C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2A086D

Less saturated −25%#34264F

Channel breakdown

R47

G23

B94

Red47 (18.4%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue260.28°

Saturation (HSL)60.68%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2F · G 17 · B 5E

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