Recognised as Colour

#4009AA

#4009AA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4009AA is a violet with RGB values 64, 9, 170 and HSL 260°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4009AA#4009AA

HEX#4009AA

RGBrgb(64, 9, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0353, 0.6667

RGB percentages25.1%, 3.5%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(260.5, 89.9%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 94.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK62.4%, 94.7%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,196,778

CSS custom property--colour: #4009AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.43:1

Contrast with white11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#BFF655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003EAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Tritanopia#004463no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.6 Navy · ΔE 17.1 Indigo · ΔE 19.9 Blue violet · ΔE 21.6 Medium blue · ΔE 21.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#73AA09

Analogous#0922AA, #9109AA

Triadic#AA4009, #09AA40

Split complementary#AA9109, #22AA09

Tetradic#AA0922, #73AA09, #09AA91

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AD86F9

Lighter +30%#8D56F6

Lighter +20%#6C26F3

Lighter +10%#520CDA

Darker −10%#2E067A

Darker −20%#1C0449

Darker −30%#090119

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3D00B3

Less saturated −25%#471F94

Channel breakdown

R64

B170

Red64 (25.1%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue260.5°

Saturation (HSL)89.94%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 09 · B AA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#4009AA

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else