#2b0055

Color #2b0055

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 12.14 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2b0055

RGB

rgb(43, 0, 85)

HSL

hsl(270.4, 100%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.4, 100%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 100%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(10.33, 37.85, -40.68)

LCH

lch(10.33, 55.57, 312.94)

OKLCH

oklch(24.5%, 0.1322, 298.12)

HWB

hwb(270.4, 0%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2a5500

Analogous

#010055

#2b0055

#550055

Triadic

#2b0055

#552b00

#00552b

Split-complementary

#2b0055

#555500

#005501

Tetradic

#2b0055

#55002a

#2a5500

#00552b

Square

#2b0055

#550100

#2a5500

#005555

Shades

Color #2b0055 mixed toward black.

#240047

#1d0039

#16002b

#0e001c

#07000e

Tints

Color #2b0055 mixed toward white.

#4f009c

#7300e3

#962bff

#b971ff

#dcb8ff

Tones

Color #2b0055 mixed toward gray.

#2b074e

#2b0e47

#2b1540

#2b1c39

#2b2332

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.23:1

White text reads better on this background (17.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f4a · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#212347 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#2a403e · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#1c1c1c · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b0055;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b0055]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#2b0055 (#2b0055) is rgb(43, 0, 85) in RGB.

No, #2b0055 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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