Colour

#4000A7

#4000A7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4000A7 is a violet with RGB values 64, 0, 167 and HSL 263°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4000A7#4000A7

HEX#4000A7

RGBrgb(64, 0, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0, 0.6549

RGB percentages25.1%, 0%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(263, 100%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263, 100%, 65.5%)

CMYK61.7%, 100%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,194,471

CSS custom property--colour: #4000A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.82:1

Contrast with white11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#BFFF58

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003BABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0033A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Tritanopia#004160no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.7 Navy · ΔE 17.2 Indigo · ΔE 20.1 Medium blue · ΔE 21.4 Blue violet · ΔE 21.9 Dark violet · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#67A700

Analogous#0014A7, #9300A7

Triadic#A74000, #00A740

Split complementary#A79400, #13A700

Tetradic#A70014, #67A700, #00A793

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A974FF

Lighter +30%#8A41FF

Lighter +20%#6A0EFF

Lighter +10%#5400DA

Darker −10%#2C0074

Darker −20%#190041

Darker −30%#05000E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4000A7

Less saturated −25%#451592

Channel breakdown

R64

B167

Red64 (25.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue262.99°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 00 · B A7

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