#2F00A0

sRGB: 47 / 0 / 160

Distant whispers reshape eternity
Silent memories fade beyond remembrance
Brilliant stars vanish without farewell

#2F00A0 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 47 red, 0 green and 160 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 257.6° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 31.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.90:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 47, 0, 160
HSL: 257.63°, 100.00%, 31.37%
HSV / HSB: 257.63°, 100.00%, 62.75%
CMYK (approx.): 70.63%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 37.25%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 7.517, 3.142, 33.469
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 20.605, 56.840, -71.856
WCAG relative luminance: 0.03142
24-bit decimal: 3080352

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #2F00A0 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 1.63:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 12.90:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#71A000 sits half a turn (180°) from #2F00A0 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#2F00A0 #71A000

Analogous

#0021A0 and #7F00A0 sit 30° to either side of #2F00A0. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#0021A0 #2F00A0 #7F00A0

Triadic

#2F00A0, #A02F00 and #00A02F are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#2F00A0 #A02F00 #00A02F

Split complementary

Start at #2F00A0 and look across the wheel. #A07F00 and #21A000 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#2F00A0 #A07F00 #21A000

Square

Starting with #2F00A0, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A00021, #71A000, then #00A07F. Across the square, #2F00A0 pairs with #71A000, and #A00021 with #00A07F.

#2F00A0 #A00021 #71A000 #00A07F

Tetradic

#2F00A0 and #71A000 are opposites, as are #A00071 and #00A02F. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#2F00A0 #A00071 #71A000 #00A02F

Tints

Mixing #2F00A0 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5933B3, keeps 80% of the original. By #D5CCEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#2F00A0 #5933B3 #8266C6 #AC99D9 #D5CCEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #2F00A0 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #260080, keeps 80% of the original. By #090020, the mixture is 80% black.

#2F00A0 #260080 #1C0060 #130040 #090020 #000000

Tones

Mixing #2F00A0 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3F1A9A, keeps 80% of the original. By #706686, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#2F00A0 #3F1A9A #4F3393 #604D8D #706686 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#2F00A0

RGB

rgb(47 0 160)

HSL

hsl(257.625 100.000% 31.373%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #2F00A0;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#2F00A0 uses 47 red, 0 green and 160 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 18.4%

Green 0.0%

Blue 62.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #2F00A0 is 70.6% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 37.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 70.6%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 37.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #330099. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #309 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #2F00A0 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #330099 Nearest web-safe: #330099

Gradient to complement

#2F00A0 #3A1B85 #45356B #505050 #5B6B35 #66851B #71A000

Color vision previews

Compare how #2F00A0 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0037A4

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#002B9E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#003F5C

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#002BA2

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#00249F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#1F238C

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#323232

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#302279

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.02843 G 0.00000 B 0.35153

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.16560 G 0.01219 B 0.60172

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.02338 G 0.00094 B 0.32056

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.170 y 0.071 Y 3.142

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 81.569 M % 100.000 Y % 37.255

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00101111 00000000 10100000