Recognised as Colour

#2F1E77

#2F1E77
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#2F1E77 is a blue with RGB values 47, 30, 119 and HSL 251°, 60%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#2F1E77

RGBrgb(47, 30, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.1176, 0.4667

RGB percentages18.4%, 11.8%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(251.5, 59.7%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.5, 74.8%, 46.7%)

CMYK60.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,087,991

CSS custom property--colour: #2F1E77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.35:1

Contrast with white13.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#D0E188

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00327Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Deuteranopia#002C75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Tritanopia#063648no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 4.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.2 Indigo · ΔE 18.6 Navy · ΔE 22.5 Dark blue · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 4.52, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#66771E

Analogous#1E3977, #5C1E77

Triadic#772F1E, #1E772F

Split complementary#775B1E, #3A771E

Tetradic#771E39, #66771E, #1E775C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9482DF

Lighter +30%#7159D5

Lighter +20%#4F33C8

Lighter +10%#3F28A0

Darker −10%#1F144E

Darker −20%#0F0926

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#230B8A

Less saturated −25%#3B3164

Channel breakdown

R47

G30

B119

Red47 (18.4%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue251.46°

Saturation (HSL)59.73%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2F · G 1E · B 77

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