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Recognised as Colour

#400FD0

  • #400FD0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#400FD0 is a violet with RGB values 64, 15, 208 and HSL 255°, 87%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#400FD0#400FD0
HEX#400FD0
RGBrgb(64, 15, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0588, 0.8157
RGB percentages25.1%, 5.9%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(255.2, 86.5%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 92.8%, 81.6%)
CMYK69.2%, 92.8%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,198,352
CSS custom property--colour: #400FD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.56:1
Contrast with white9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#BFF02F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CD5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003ECDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00567Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.2Blue violet · ΔE 17.3Dark violet · ΔE 21Blue · ΔE 25.7Dark blue · ΔE 27.6Dark orchid · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FD00F
Analogous#0F3ED0, #A10FD0
Triadic#D0400F, #0FD040
Split complementary#D0A10F, #3ED00F
Tetradic#D00F3E, #9FD00F, #0FD0A1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4B2F9
Lighter +30%#9F82F6
Lighter +20%#7B52F3
Lighter +10%#5723EF
Darker −10%#310CA0
Darker −20%#230871
Darker −30%#140541
Darker −40%#050112
More saturated +25%#3900DF
Less saturated −25%#4E2BB4

Channel breakdown

R64
G15
B208
Red64 (25.1%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue255.23°
Saturation (HSL)86.55%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G 0F · B D0

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