Colour

#400A4D

#400A4D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#400A4D is a violet with RGB values 64, 10, 77 and HSL 288°, 77%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#400A4D#400A4D

HEX#400A4D

RGBrgb(64, 10, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0392, 0.302

RGB percentages25.1%, 3.9%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(288.4, 77%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 87%, 30.2%)

CMYK16.9%, 87%, 0%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,196,941

CSS custom property--colour: #400A4D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.34:1

Contrast with white15.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#BFF5B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00224Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0E274Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#40192Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 21.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.5 Purple · ΔE 29.4 Indigo · ΔE 30.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 21.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#174D0A

Analogous#1E0A4D, #4D0A39

Triadic#4D400A, #0A4D40

Split complementary#394D0A, #0A4D1E

Tetradic#4D1E0A, #174D0A, #0A394D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C53DE6

Lighter +30%#B11CD4

Lighter +20%#8B16A7

Lighter +10%#66107A

Darker −10%#1A0420

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#460057

Less saturated −25%#391542

Channel breakdown

R64

G10

B77

Red64 (25.1%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue288.36°

Saturation (HSL)77.01%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 0A · B 4D

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